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- "Dutch Roots of Wi-Fi," keynote address by Vic Hayes at the launch of the Netherlands Institute for Research on ICT, Utrecht, 22 March 2007.
- "Wijziging Frequentieplan: veel nieuwe mogelijkheden" [Changing the frequency plan: many new opportunities], Ministry for Foreign Trade press release (in Dutch), 21 January 2008. Translated excerpts: The recent changes entail major benefits for citizens and businesses: Tracking of goods can be better monitored [with RFID] and traced in case of theft. Hearing aids can now operate in the digital television spectrum. FM transmitters for MP-3 players were already sold in the Netherlands, but their use was not allowed. Now it is... Also, GSM handsets can be used aboard aircraft.
- HotSpots Vinden - Google Maps show hotspots in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg - over 5000 of them (as of March 2007)
- Google Maps show WiFi Hotspots in Amsterdam - courtesy of the Keyhole BBS.
- "The Netherlands - Wireless Networking" - an "International Market Insight" Report by Carlanda L. Hassoldt (2003), US Department of State.
- Ministry of Economic Affairs to pay Hopling Technologies to build 6 city-wide mesh networks in Eastern Europe, Hopling Technologies press release, 11 February 2008.
- An English translation of the Dutch National Frequency Register is provided by Agentschap Telecom.
- Wireless Netherlands (mostly in Dutch).
- "Flexibel en doelmatig - Advies van de commissie Frequentiebeleid" (In a Flexible and Suitable Way - Recommendation of the Frequency Policy Commission), 10 June 2004, 54 pages PDF, with comments by other interested parties (all documents in Dutch).
- "Resultaten consultatie NFP2005" (Results of the Public Consultation on the Conception of the National Frequency Plan for 2005) includes many corrections and changes in the bands where unlicensed Short-Range Devices are allowed to operate.
- "Blanket Wi-Fi smothers Amsterdam" by Jan Libbenga, The Register, 2 September 2004 - describes Hotspot Amsterdam's low-cost mesh network which is expected to cover all of Amsterdam.
- "RFID: promising or irresponsible?", Dutch Data Protection Authority, October 2006 - "Discussion document in order to further stimulate debate about the benefits and drawbacks of RFID" - in English.