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The widespread adoption of DAB+ depends primarily on the availability of affordable entry-level devices for customers to choose from. This a great entry level digital radio and costs 50 Euro.

Listening to digital radio has skyrocketed with an increase of 74 percent compared to 2015. Bavarian households now own 1.48 million digital radios. The number of people who have a DAB+ device in their home has nearly doubled from 550,000 to 1.088 million (98 percent growth). DAB+ in the car has also seen an increase of 31 percent to 392,000 units.

Standard kit includes climate control, a rear parking camera with sensors, DAB radio, Bluetooth and adaptive cruise control.

The DAB pop-up digital station will be featuring the best of Soul and Motown and will be broadcast on DAB in London, Birmingham, Teesside, Tyne & Wear, Humberside, Leeds, Edinburgh, Northern Ireland, Tayside and Inverness.

The focus of this expansion is regional and on motorway coverage. This expansion will bring digital radio services to Pfaffenberg and Bamberg/Geisberg sites in Bavaria and Brandenburg (Pritzwalk).

POPyourPHONE is a DAB+ tuner for all Android smartphones with OTG, the app is free and can be downloaded from the Google Play store. POPyourPHONE allows users to listen to digital radio wherever they are.

Digital radio and improved seat trims are now standard across the entire Duster range.

There were plenty of stations to choose from, and good reception, from the DAB digital radio.

New car data collected by Digital Radio UK, shows that four out of the top five car brands in the UK have DAB radio in all new car models. In Q1 2016, over 635,000 cars were sold with digital radio as standard, and in the last 12 months over 2 million new cars have been sold with DAB digital radio.

Komm Austria has published a report “Introduction of Digital Radio on Austria”. The report publishes the results of a survey on the level of interest for digital radio among stakeholders in Austria. The report notes that there will be a nationwide tender for DAB+ launched in 2017. It also states that all industry experts – including public broadcaster ORF – are aware that DAB+ offers better quality and lower cost transmission.