Bharti Airtel has announced its launching of the pilot project in partnership with Tata Power Northern Odisha Distribution. It aims to offer integrated bill payment solutions to its registered customer base utility of over 20 lakhs in a vast distribution area that covers 27,920 square km. in Northern Odisha containing a population of approximately 97 lakh.

With this partnership, Tata Power Northern Odisha Distribution Limited customers can make their electricity bills payment at 4000 plus banking ventures of Airtel Payments Bank in North Odisha. The process for this is simple. A customer has to visit the nearby store and provide his or her contact or mobile number and consumer number at the banking point. The customer will be receiving an OTP from TPNODL which s(he) will have to share with the merchant and the payment. The transaction will be confirmed immediately by receiving a text message. TPNODL customers can also get a 5% discount if the bill is paid by the due date.

As the front-end solutions are managed by Airtel Payments Bank, the back-end connectivity will be monitored by Airtel IQ, being the world’s first Network Integrated Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) ecosystem that permits the enterprise to insert voice, messaging on Text and WhatsApp, video in mobile or web application.

TPNODL has continuously tried and worked hard to provide consumers with a multitude of payment options closer to their locality. Since its inception, TPNODL has facilitated electricity bill payment through various physical avenues like Mo Seba Kendra, CSC, empowering digital payment options through BBPS, TPNODL Website, and My TATA POWER App.