To enter, all you need to do is check out our Twitter profile,  follow us @CLEARinsider and then keep an eye out for our CLEAR tweets starting Monday – pretty easy, right?

This sweepstakes will move at a super fast pace, just like CLEAR so don’t miss out!

Got any suggestions or questions about the promotion? Just email clearsweeps@gmail.com, and we’ll make sure to get back to you in a timely manner.

Thanks, and let the retweeting begin!

#CLEARNovSweeps

NO PURCHASE OR MOBILE TWEETING NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES Of WINNING. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WHO ARE THIRTEEN (13) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER IN THEIR JURISDICTION OF RESIDENCE (AND AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE).  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Eligible minors should obtain the permission of their parents or legal guardians prior to entering this sweepstakes. Employees (and their immediate families (parent, child, spouse or sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of Clear Wireless LLC (“Sponsor”), Octagon, Inc., and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants (and, if eligible minors, their parents or legal guardians) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this sweepstakes.  Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.

SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: Sweepstakes begins at 1:05 PM Eastern Time (“ET”) on November 16, 2009 and ends at 12:59 PM ET on November 23, 2009 (“Sweepstakes Period”). Sweepstakes will consist of five (5) entry periods, as outlined in the chart below (each, an “Entry Period”).

TO ENTER: To receive one (1) entry, retweet the message tweeted by Sponsor on Twitter at www.twitter.com/clearinsider. Retweet must include entire message, including hashtag, to be eligible for the applicable Entry Period. You may only receive an entry if you retweet during the applicable Entry Period. You must be a registered member of Twitter.  Registration is free.  All entries must be received during the applicable Entry Period to be eligible.  Limit one (1) entry per username, per person and per email address per Entry Period. Entries received from any username or person or e-mail address in excess of the stated limitation for any Entry Period will be void.  Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means or which subvert the entry process are void. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

DRAWINGS: Potential winners will be selected in a random drawing held following the end of each applicable Entry Period from all eligible entries received for that Entry Period by an independent judging agency.  Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing. Eligible non-winning entries from one drawing will not be included in any other drawing.  Potential winners will be notified via posting at www.twitter.com/clearinsider and a direct Twitter message at or around 2:00 PM ET on the day the applicable Entry Period ends. Potential winner will have twenty four (24) hours from time “tweet” was sent to respond with request information or prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner selected for the drawing at issue.  Potential winners will be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and, where lawful, a publicity release as well as any other documents which may be required by Sponsor within seven (7) days of date of issuance.  If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner selected.

PRIZES (SEE CHART BELOW FOR THE EXACT NUMBER OF PRIZES AND TOTAL ARV FOR EACH ENTRY PERIOD): The same prize will be awarded to all winners for each Entry Period: A Samsung Netbook and six (6) months of CLEAR service. Service plan included with up to 4Mbps download and 500Kbps upload, unlimited usage. If winner is outside of the CLEAR coverage area, or he/she is a current customer, he/she will receive a Samsung Netbook and a $300.00 gift card. Service is subject to certain terms and conditions specified by CLEAR Wireless LLC. Gift cards are subject to certain terms and conditions specified by issuer. Approximate Retail Value: $720.00 each. Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. All federal, state and local taxes and all other costs associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of the winner.  Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If any winner is an eligible minor, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered, garbled or registrations, tweets or entries; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the sweepstakes, the processing of registrations, tweets, or entries, the announcement of the prize or in any sweepstakes-related materials.  Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes.  Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the web site.  Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or website or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, or in the event that sweepstakes is unable to run as planned for any other reason, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winner from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Entrants (and, if eligible minors, their parents or legal guardians), by participating, agree that Sponsor, Octagon, Inc. and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize (including any travel or activity-related thereto) or participation in this sweepstakes.  Winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, performance, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval. In the event of a dispute regarding entries and/or tweets received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules.  Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.

WINNERS’ NAMES: For the names of the winners (available after December 15, 2009), send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: #CLEARNovSweeps, c/o Octagon, 800 Connecticut Ave, Norwalk, CT 06854, for receipt no later than December 31, 2009.

SPONSOR: CLEAR Wireless LLC, 4400 Carillon Point, Kirkland, WA 98033

LOVE Park Balloon Tease, Philadelphia

Aside from introducing Philadelphians to CLEAR’s 4G network with our impressive demos, many folks have been flying high this week with our balloon teases that have been taking place all across the city. For 10 days leading up to launch, balloons have been strategically placed in areas like LOVE Park, Temple University and outside Geno’s Steaks in South Philly. The objective–pop a balloon and you win a prize! So make sure you keep your eye out for those green balloons! Speaking of balloons, on Friday folks taking a drive along the Schuylkill Riveron 76 would have seen quite a sight, the 80-foot-tall CLEAR Hot Air Balloon was flying high as commuters headed to work.

Geno's Steaks Balloon Tease, South Philly

Another exciting attraction that happened this weekend aside from CLEAR’s aerial banner flying high over the World Series and the Eagles game is the famed LOVE Park fountain turning GREEN!! Now that’s not something you see every day. And if you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard about our huge launch event happening this week in LOVE Park, then you don’t know that LOVE Park is now one massive HOTSPOT! That’s right! Folks who come to the park can now try out CLEAR’s 4G network themselves to see what all the hype is about! One thing Philadelphians have also probably seen around town is CLEAR’s impressive showroom…it’s literally a living room on wheels! It’s definitely been an attention-getter!

CLEAR's Mobile Showroom on the Streets in Philly

Needless to say we have lots of cool activities happening around the main event which is of course…CLEAR’s Launch event in LOVE Park. The event takes place this Thursday, November 5th rain or shine from 11am-3pm. So make sure you come on out! Folks who come out to show CLEAR some love will go home with a delicious “sweet treat” of their own too! It’s a surprise so you’ll have to come down to the event to find out what it is!

Barry West, President – International, Clearwire

CLEAR Hot Air Balloon

In addition to the impressive CLEAR 4G demos, one of the biggest attention-getters is the 80-foot-tall CLEAR Hot Air Balloon.  The pilot and his team had great success in Wichita Falls where the sky was filled with the balloon on October 15.  The CLEAR Balloon flew for on various flights around the city lasting up to 90 minutes.  The bright green CLEAR balloon got the attention of Wichita Falls residents immediately.  Many people started calling the local CLEAR office and the radio station to find out what was going on with the CLEAR Hot Air Balloon.  Mission Accomplished!  The activity was a great traffic driver for the launch event which was held in the parking lot of the local Wichita Falls Best Buy store.  Look to the skies for the CLEAR Hot Air Balloon in your area!

The next day in Amarillo, we had a successful launch event at West Gate Mall.  Attendees were entertained by Stomp, the mascot for the Amarillo Gorillas Minor League Hockey Team.  Stomp helped the event staff by handing out prize entry stickers to launch attendees and entertaining the children and adults in Center Court.  Our strong attendance numbers were due to the great team effort put forth from the local Amarillo CLEAR Office, but Stomp tried to take all of the credit!

Stomp, Amarillo Gorillas mascot

Stomp handing out prize entry stickers

Held in Chicago, the 4G World conference and expo boasts attendance by the who’s-who of the mobile broadband ecosystem including the likes of Sprint, Cisco, Samsung, Motorola, Beceem, Amdocs, Ericsson and Nokia.

Clearwire CEO, Bill Morrow, speaks at 4G World

Our own CEO, Bill Morrow, delivered a featured keynote to open the second day of the event, in which he explored the value of 4G in the eyes of the consumer.  Addressing a standing-room only crowd, Bill discussed the growing demand for mobile broadband, the life-changing impact of 4G WiMAX for consumers, and how the technology – and Clearwire – is already enabling people to connect to the real ‘magic of the internet.’

This message was bolstered at the conference by a Clearwire team attending in force – including EVP of Strategy, Policy and External Affairs, Gerry Salemme; CTO, John Saw; CCO, Mike Sievert; Strategic Advisor, Scott Richardson; President of International, Barry West; and spectrum development manager, Tajit Mehta – who all participated in discussions or summits on various 4G subjects.

In addition to these many speaking engagements, Clearwire was also honored with two 4G World awards: Best WiMAX Network Deployment for our CLEAR 4G service, and Best Backhaul Deployment, acknowledging the engineering, design and delivery of our 4G WiMAX Backhaul Network.

While 4G World was announcing us a winner, we were also making some announcements of our own – the successful launch of our Silicon Valley Innovation Network, and new partnership with international WiMAX operators, Yota of Russia and UQ in Japan.

A banner week – and we’re just getting warmed up.

Demos of CLEAR service from launch event

CLEAR WiMAX came to The Entertainment Capital of The World on July 21, and Las Vegas celebrated the way that only Las Vegas can. The launch event at the Town Square Mall was a huge success, featuring product demonstrations, talks from CLEAR executives, refreshments, tons of giveaways and prizes, and even a wire-cutting ceremony with a special appearance by the Honorable Oscar B. Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas!

Honorable Oscar B. Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas and CLEAR reprensentatives during wire cutting ceremony

Supporting the community is also a key focus of CLEAR, as the day marked a donation of WiMAX-enabled laptops to the Clark County School District’s Virtual High School. As you can see from the smiles in these photos, it was a great day for CLEAR, and a great day for Las Vegas. You can find more pictures from the event at Facebook.com/CLEARinsider, and stay tuned for more news about upcoming launch events.

Crowd anticipates prizes from balloon launch

Convergence.

Chief Commercial Officer Michael Sievert blogs from the Las Vegas launch event

Clearwire is the first company to bring together the two biggest trends in the history of high tech – broadband Internet and Mobile.   The new Clear 4G WiMax service combines them into the first “super-fast mobile Internet” service.  We are only beginning to understand how this combination will change people’s lives – but one thing’s for sure:  it will do so profoundly.  When we’re done, people everywhere will have the magic of the Internet with them, wherever they go.  The convergence of these two mega-trends positions Clearwire in the sweet spot of demand and opportunity…and potential for growth.

Just ten years ago, both broadband Internet and mobile phones were more about convenience, or even luxury.  I don’t have to convince you how significant the Internet has been and how it has made the world smarter and better connected.

Some people who looked on the mobile industry believed that mobile would never be more than an interesting technology niche. Today, mobile phones are for virtually everyone, and they have changed how we live.  Mobile phones are even replacing landlines in homes at ever-increasing rates.  In fact, more than 20% of U.S. households today have ONLY a mobile phone, which is more households than have only landline service, according to a recent study done by the CDC.

More than ever before, a connection of these technologies is beginning to be made, and we are in the fortunate position to be the first to deliver on it.  The result will be just as transformational as the wireline Internet has been, and just as significant as mobile has been.  Today we’re bringing it to the heart of Las Vegas – transforming 638 square miles of the gaming metropolis into a virtual WiMAX hot spot – by providing services and devices that will allow a mobile broadband connection anywhere within the coverage area.

With download speeds of 3 to 6 mbps and bursts over 10, and nothing more than a simple, plug-in-and-go USB modem, we’re making this process fast and easy. So you can be in the sweet spot, too.

This blog will give you the inside scoop on all things CLEAR–new market launches, new products coming from our OEM partners, technology developments and tons of other tidbits of information from our executives, employees and partners. And, of course, we are looking for your comments and feedback too… it wouldn’t be a blog without input from the readers, so please tell us what you think and we’ll be as open as we can in return.

Next week we will be launching yet another CLEAR market, so be on the lookout for a post about how the Las Vegas launch went.