Pope Benedict XVI will text message thousands of young Catholics this July during World Youth Day (WYD) in Sydney, Australia. It is hoped this will help the pontiff communicate better with a younger audience. It is estimated that 225,000 young Catholics will attend the World Youth Day that starts on July 15 and continues for six days.

The Pope will send daily inspirational messages during the six day event. Digital prayer walls will be constructed at event sites and a Catholic social networking Web site will be made available to parishioners, so those with similar interests can meet each other.

“We wanted to make WYD08 a unique experience by using new ways to connect with today’s tech-savvy youth,” Bishop Anthony Fisher said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Australian telecommunications company Telstra will provide the electronic infrastructure necessary for the event, along with erecting the digital prayer walls at event sites. Telstra will connect 8,000 volunteers, 2,000 clergy, 3,000 media and 225,000 young Catholics to over 700 locations around Sydney.

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Clearwire and Sprint Nextel announced today that the two companies will collaborate to create a new telecommunications company with assets starting at $14.55 billion. The venture is to be called Clearwire and will receive a $3.2 billion investment from Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner and Bright Home Networks.

Sprint Nextel will control 51% of shares in the new company. Existing Clearwire shareholders will control 27% of shares. Contributors to the $3.2 billion investment will receive the remaining shares.

“The agreement enables us to get to market faster and reach a broader audience than we could have if we went alone,” Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel’s chief executive officer, told analysts during a conference call Wednesday.

Clearwire will focus on building a mobile network based on WiMax technology. WiMax has faster download speeds and superior indoors coverage than most current service provider’s technology. Some also see WiMax as a competitor to fixed-line broadband.

Clearwire currently uses WiMax to provide wireless Internet service in some parts of the United States. In 2007, Clearwire had a subscriber base of nearly 400,000 broadband customers. The restructured company has the goal to develop a network that has the potential to reach 120 million to 140 million people by the end of 2010.

Service providers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless aren’t planning to use WiMax technology, Instead, there are upgrading current networks and working on future technology called Long Term Evolution.

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