20.12.2017

New frequencies and more space for DAB + in Switzerland

The Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications released an additional DAB+ frequency block each on 20 December 2017 for German, French and Italian Switzerland. The two new DAB + radio licenses in German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino go to SwissMedia Cast AG (SMC), which already operates a voice-regional and a regionally subdivided DAB+ platform in German-speaking Switzerland.

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