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The 2018 Ford Focus gets some decent kit, too, including 16in alloy wheels, air-con, a DAB radio, automatic emergency braking and lane keeping assist.

The interior is based on the DB11, with niceties like keyless entry, tyre pressure monitoring, a 360-degree camera, DAB radio and satellite navigation.

The Austrian DAB+ multiplex has extended to include two new stations, 88.6 and Rock Antenne, on the third VHF band.

A special team alongside industry employers organisation ZIPSEE Cyfrowa Polska have met to work on new regulations for the technical development of DAB+ receivers, to ensure that future digitisation of radio in Poland meets these standards.

Ukraine’s National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting (NRADA) has announced that nine radio stations in Kiev are now broadcasting in the country’s first DAB+ tests, which cover the capital and its surrounding areas. Chairman Yuri Artamenko said that the council would like to create an association to promote digital radio in Ukraine.

The trial begins with the automatic search phase of the DAB+ radio stations, an aspect quickly resolved with the memorisation of all the stations available in the territory.

As DAB+ has now expanded to the Hauts-de-France, the Sony XDR-V20D, Pure Evoke H4 and Roberts Revival RD70 has been reviewed for potential new consumers.

The EBU's previous report on the planning of DAB networks, TR 021, was published in 2003. A lot has changed since then - underscoring the need to develop an updated document. The strategic report,EBU Tech 3391, contains recommendations for the implementation of key elements for the planning and design of DAB networks.

The opening day of Radio Days Africa on 3 July will be dedicated to DAB+. Organised in Johannesburg, Radio Days Africa hosts more than 300 delegates each year with 60 speakers from across the continent and around the world.

The CSA has called for the public to make submissions in reply to a proposal to expand DAB+ in other areas of metropolitan France.