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All the national public and private radio stations in the Netherlands are available in digital quality since 01 November. According to the spectrum regulator AT, all the broadcasters met the digital deadline in their licences. The radio stations are now available both in FM and DAB+.

Since Monday, there have been 26 services on air. The commercial services have national coverage, whilst the National Public Broadcaster (NPO) services are commencing with 70% coverage.

Australian Broadcaster Southern Cross Austereo continues to invest in the DAB+ system around Australia as its brand Triple M was added to the DAB+ multiplex in Perth.

As the clock ticks down to next week's launch of Triple M in Perth, the station is running its soon-to-be on the air promos.

Last Sunday was an important day for radio enthusiasts in the Netherlands as both the public and commercial radio station broadcasts went national via DAB and DAB+. This means that you can receive more channels and stations in better quality than FM. We tested a radio receiver that you can buy from 25 Euros on your PC, the Noxon DAB+ Stick. .

With Fathers Day coming around this Sunday, there's just a few days left to buy dad a digital radio. CRA's latest digital radio campaign, in conjunction with Sony Australia, has been running in the lead up to Father’s

The station, World Radio Switzerland (WRS) owned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) will not be able to keep its FM licence and will switch to DAB+ broadcasting and internet.

The third DAB+ network in German-speaking Switzerland is currently being built in stages. Work in Eastern and Northern Switzerland, as well as in the Bern-Fribourg region, has been ongoing since the beginning of 2013. It is scheduled for completion towards the end of 2014. SwissMediaCast will then tackle the networks in the Upper Valais and in Canton Grisons. The latest information on progress can be found in the regular SwissMediaCast newsletters.

Mercedes-Benz is now offering an update pack to convert DAB to DAB+ car radios. This guarantees best-quality in-car sound, even where digital reception is poor. It is all made possible by the high-performance DAB+ radio tuner, which has been optimised especially for updatable systems in Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The DAB+ upgrade is available for 219 francs

In October, Garmin will begin feeding its navigation systems in Germany with highly accurate real-time traffic information, transmitted free of charge via DAB+. This means that owners of models such as the "3D Traffic Live" will receive bundled information from up to 160 different sources, and can map traffic problems to an accuracy of 100 metres. The new Garmin navigation systems will update this information twice as often as the older models.