Bhubaneswar: BhartiAirtel (Airtel), India's premier communications solutions provider, today announced that it has won a cellular IoT solution mandate with TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited, (TPWODL), a Joint venture between the Government of Odisha and Tata Power. The mandate will see Airtel power 200,000 Smart Meters with IoT solutions, of which 70,000 will be delivered in the first phase. The connectivity mandate will be augmented with Airtel's proprietary IoT platform, "Airtel IoT Hub" which will help the utility track and monitor these smart meters with advanced analytics while maintaining extremely high reliability augmented with telco-grade security. Smart metering is one of the most rapidly advancing use cases for cellular IoT in India with several power distribution companies looking forward to investing in this space to prevent revenue leakage.