Date:09/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/09/stories/2007120953611100.htm

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Cricket updates inside stadium, via Bluetooth

Special Correspondent

Bangalore: Cricket fans, who watched the the India-Pakistan cricket test match on Saturday in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, were offered a new high-tech mobile service free of cost.

If their phones were enabled to work with the short-range wireless technology, Bluetooth, they could receive a stream of updates — player profile, stadium information, match statistics, “flash” news of wickets falling or batting milestones reached — as well as a lot of background information to enliven the live action.

The service offered by the Karnataka State Cricket Association is the work of Bangalore-based mobile solutions company, TeliBrahma. The company’s Bluetooth solutions also fuelled the Diwali-period sales on the city’s Commercial Street, offering information on good deals and special offers.