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Nokia launches ‘Prepaid Tracker’
MUMBAI: Nokia launched the Nokia Prepaid Tracker, a tool that lets prepaid subscribers to keep track of their prepaid balance and call expenses at a press conference held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Initially the tool will support Nokia models Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600.
After each call or transaction, details about subscribers’ account balance is automatically sent and displayed on their easy-to-use Nokia phone menu. Nokia Prepaid Tracker frees prepaid subscribers from the inconvenience of having to contact the operator’s customer center to check their balance.
In addition to their current account balance, subscribers can also view information on the account’s expiration date, call cost or SMS, and the amount of the last prepaid recharge.
“The time is ripe for a solution like Nokia Prepaid Tracker, which brings clear benefits to both subscribers and operators,” Nokia New Growth Markets, Networks, director Sanjay Bhasin said.
Informa Telecoms & Media estimates that the world has just reached the significant milestone of one billion prepaid mobile subscribers – more than half of all mobile subscribers.
“For operators, Prepaid Tracker gives them a differentiating edge over the competition and reduces churn,” Bhasin continued.
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
