Bosnia and Herzegovina current situation

Status trial and/or regulation

Last update: 27.05.2025 - older versions

In May 2025, the network operator Dasto Semtel began testing DAB+ technology in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In a post on social media, the company said: "We are proud to announce the start of the testing phase of DAB+... Testing allows us to explore the possibilities that DAB+ offers and to prepare the ground for the future of digital broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina." A transmitter at Grdonj covers the capital, Sarajevo, with the Šibovi site covering the second city of Banja Luka. In May 2025, both transmitters were broadcasting seven radio stations on Channel 11B.

On 29 December 2023, the Communications Regulator of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Regulatorna agencija za komunikacije/RAK) published a public call for a licence to operate DAB+ "MULTIPLEKS 1". Applications must be submitted by 12 February 2024.

In the call, the regulator sets out deadlines for the licensee: no more than nine months from the date of issuance of the licence, to start broadcasting DAB+; to achieve coverage of at least 50% of the population in BiH by a maximum 18 months; and to achieve coverage of at least 85% of the BiH population by a maximum 36 months.

The coverage must be achieved with at least one transmitter in each of the nine digital regions.