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Choose from duck egg blue, cream or the two patterned finishes, all with DAB and FM reception, an LCD display, Bluetooth connectivity, alarms and station presets.

The radio DAB/DAB+ and FM Elan BT3, made by Pure, is placed anywhere thanks to the minimalist design. This Bluetooth speaker is available in three attractive colours.

The Hyundai i10 and i30 Passion are available and come included with DAB radio and Bluetooth function.

The commitment of the CSA is clear: a coverage of 20% of the population will be reached before the end of 2018. In addition, CSA president Nicolas Curien repeats his strategy of nodes and arcs, adding two adjectives: "fast and viable". By 2020, 70% of the population should be covered. The deployment will be done in 4 stages.

The Utah version of the Isuzu D-Max features DAB radio, Bluetooth connectivity, Apple CarPlay and a satnav system operated through the seven-inch multifunctional colour touchscreen.

Due to high demand, the Media Council has decided to set up a second DAB+ multiplex covering both Berlin and Brandenburg. "In the course of the bidding process for the capacities 15 applicants in addition to the distribution in Berlin expressed interest in a distribution in Brandenburg", so Hansjürgen Rosenbauer, chairman of the media advice.

There's no shortage of vehicles wearing price tags with bigger numbers than the Hyundai i30 which pull-up short of the Korean hatchback for standard technology and infotainment goodies. To begin with, we're happy to see DAB radio as standard.

Audi development engineer radio Christian Winter describes the new hybrid radio features of the new A8: Thanks to several antennas, the A8 has the best radio reception. Through the automatic switch from FM or DAB+ to online radio, you get continuous radio reception – whether you’re driving through rural areas, borders of federal provinces or countries. We use three FM and two DAB+ receivers that are connected to several antennas. This enables the best radio broadcast reception possible for the customer and makes features such as a constantly updated unified station list, slideshow or program guide accessible.

WorldDAB has announced the line-up for its popular DAB+ Digital Radio Workshop, taking place in Kuala Lumpur on Monday 5 March at ABU's 2018 Digital Broadcasting Symposium. With more and more broadcasters implementing DAB+ in Asia Pacific, the workshop, titled "DAB+ in a multiplatform world," will discuss how DAB+ can secure a strong future for radio. Speakers in this year's line-up include Dave Cameron, General Manager at Southern Cross Austereo in Melbourne, Asia Pacific Chair of WorldDAB Joan Warner, WorldDAB Technical Committee Chair Lindsay Cornell, Commercial Radio Australia's Les Sabel, and senior advisor from Norwegian broadcaster NRK Jørn Jensen.

The number of new cars that Germany will be delivered with a DAB+ radio has almost doubled in a year. In 2017, 39.1% of the new cars left the factory with a working DAB+ radio on board. In 2016 this was 21% and in 2015 only 13%. This is shown by data from the Deutsche Automobil Treuhand (DAT), which records the data for all vehicles in Germany.