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Cell phones play a crucial role in relationships among young techies in a high-tech Indian boomtown as they provide technical support to people half way across the world in North America.So suggests a US study focusing on the very personal side of personal computing noting that technology workers in Bangalore use mobile phones to bridge modern and cultural values - to facilitate arranged marriages, as one example. They also rely on the phones to maintain personal relationships despite the modern realities of living apart or working hectic schedules, suggests research by doctoral student Carolyn Wei in the University of Washington's department of technical communication.