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The entry-level Neo Sport gets the most substantial upgrade, (finally) gaining the 7.0-inch MZD Connect infotainment system with DAB+ digital radio.

According to Mazda, “Mazda3 Neo will undergo the biggest facelift, evolving into Neo Sport with the entertainment system upgraded to MZD Connect, with multifunction command controller and DAB+ Digital Radio.

Arqiva has reported an increase in revenue as it benefits from ongoing changes to DAB infrastructure.

London community station Asian Star Radio has expanded by launching on DAB digital radio across Glasgow.

Ideal Home explores the best DAB radios on the market, including options from Pure, Ruark, Sony, Revo, Geneva, Roberts and John Lewis.

DAB radio sales have reached 3.25 million as of last autumn in Switzerland, in addition to 750,000 DAB+ receivers for in-car use. Strong sales were also reported in Norway, according to the national consumer electronic trade foundation, with 1.29 million units sold in 2017. Company Frontier Smart also reported it has exceeded 45 million sales of its digital chips.

From soundbars to smart speakers, microsystems to DAB radios, Panasonic has ticked most boxes with its 2018 range of audio products.

In Arqiva's latest results published for the second half of 2017, with revenue in radio broadcasting growing at 7 percent to £239.4 million, partly due to the rollout of DAB in the UK.

DAB + is clearly increasing in new cars: Compared to 2016, where only around 21 percent of vehicles with digital radio rolled off the assembly line, this value has almost doubled within a year to just under 40 percent, according to Deutsche AutomobilTreuhand (DAT).

The latest HEMIX results report that a record 1.3m DAB+ devices were sold in Germany in 2017, and DAB+ was also a success story in the automotive, with almost 40% of new cars being rolled off the line with the digital standard.