Agcom sent notice to the government on the interoperability of car radio receivers
29.05.2025
- Italy
The Italian Communications Regulatory Authority has sent a report to the Government concerning a critical issue detected in the application of the Electronic Communications Code concerning the interoperability of car radio receivers and consumer radio receivers, which provides for the mandatory inclusion of a DAB+ receiver in new vehicles of categories M and N equipped with car radios, as from 2021. In its report to the Government, Agcom points out that it had conducted a survey to verify the evolution of the digital terrestrial radio broadcasting market. In the course of this survey, it emerged that in the automotive sector, the infotainment environment is today extremely competitive: radio publishers, content providers, streaming platforms and various broadcasting technologies such as FM, DAB+ and IP coexist.
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