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NOTE: The Office of Electronic Communications (Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej, UKE) was established on 14 January 2006 to replace the Office of Telecommunications and Post Regulation (URTiP).
- "Rozporzadzenie Ministra Infrastruktury nr 1162" (Ministry of Infrastructure Directive No. 1162) 6 August 2002 - published in Poland's official gazette - Dzienniku Ustaw Nr 138, Poz.1162 - 30 August 2002. The annexes contain regulations for short-range devices, including RFID, wireless microphones and WLANs operating in the 2400-2483.5 MHz, 5150-5350 MHz and 5470-5725 MHz bands.
- "National Frequency Allocation Table" (August 2005), 54 pages in English.
- "Raport Końcowy: Rozwój sieci telekomunikacyjnych i sieci następnej generacji – aspekty strukturalne, funkcjonalne, techniczne i normalizacyjne – Czesc II: Wytyczne projektowania bezprzewodowych sieci lokalnych," Ministry of Transport and Construction, November 2005. A Polish-language survey of WLAN technologies.
- "Fon And Onet ('Onet Fon') To Develop A Community Based Wifi Network In Poland," WebitPR, 30 August 2006.
- "Free 'hot spots' in the Warsaw district of Bemowo," ePractice.eu, 27 August 2007: "...At the moment, there are six base stations ready and the total number necessary for full district coverage is 3000. The network is supposed to be fully operational next year and the total cost estimation amounts to about €700,000... Without registering, only the start page www.bemowo.waw.pl will be operational... total speed for the whole district is 55 Mbit/s and the average user should have access to 512 Kbit/s of bandwidth."
- Poland's "Act of 16 July 2004: Telecommunications Law," transposes EU directives on electronic communication (text in Polish or English, approximately 110 pages PDF).
- Departament Telekomunikacji, Ministry of Transport and Construction
- The Telecom Department's Regulation Strategy 2006-7 (in Polish).
- "Hot Spots" by Przemyslaw Molik, The Warsaw Voice, 16 June 2004 (in English). Maps and lists of Poland's WiFi hotspots are maintained at IDG Computerworld and the PDA Club.
- WLAnet Warszawa's guide to WLAN hardware.
- The Polish Wikipedia's WiFi page.
- wardriving.pl.
- According to Polish Radio 1st channel (7 October 2004), the Constitutional Tribunal has challenged the law requiring all owners of radio receivers and television sets to pay license fees. The Tribunal told the parliament and government to change this law by 30 September 2005. A detailed analysis of the issues - EU harmonization, financing for public broadcasters, etc. - is found in this English-language essay from issue 23 of the Polish Voice.