Austria - Coverage - History

16.08.2019

Coverage of the regular DAB+ multiplex on air in Austria is available at https://dabplus.at/empfang/.

DAB+ national network expansion in 2019

1) Following the launch of the first expansion phase in May 2019, Vienna-Kahlenberg, Vienna-Liesing, Vienna-DC Tower, Graz-Schöckl, Linz-Lichtenberg and Semmering-Sonnenwendstein were connected. In the course of this first expansion phase, Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria and Upper Austria will be able to receive DAB+, with almost 60% of the Austrian population covered with a DAB+ signal.

2) The commissioning phase of the nationwide MUX will take place on March 31, 2020 and will include the locations Bregenz-Pfänder, Innsbruck-Patscherkofel, Salzburg-Gaisberg and St. PöltenJauerling. With this expansion stage, up to 75% of the Austrian population will be covered with DAB+ reception.

3) In the third stage of development, Carinthia will be opened up to receive DAB+, while the reception of DAB+ in Styria and Burgenland will be further expanded. This commissioning phase is scheduled for September 22, 2020 and will cover Bruck an der Mur-Mugl, Klagenfurt-Dobratsch, Rechnitz-Hirschenstein and Wolfsberg-Koralpe relate. The third expansion phase will increase coverage to major metropolitan areas to 83% of the Austrian population.

22.01.2019

Coverage of the regular DAB+ multiplex on air in Austria is available at https://dabplus.at/empfang/.

About 2.8 million people in Vienna the surrounding area are within the coverage agrea.

Coverage of the regular DAB multiplex currently on air in Vienna is shown as follows:

Coverage in the North:

Coverage in the South:

Coverage in the East:

Coverage in the West:

DAB+ national network expansion in 2019

Following the launch of the regional DAB+ network for the eastern region of Austria in April 2018, the national DAB+ network will launch on 28 May 2019. Over the next three years starting Jauary 2019, first the provincial capitals and important traffic routes will be covered, with a planned total coverage of approximately 83 per cent of the Austrian population.

1) On May 28, 2019, Vienna-Kahlenberg, Vienna-Liesing, Vienna-DC Tower, Graz-Schöckl, Linz-Lichtenberg and Semmering-Sonnenwendstein will be jointly connected. In the course of this first expansion phase, Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria and Upper Austria will be able to receive DAB+, with almost 60% of the Austrian population covered with a DAB+ signal.