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Also new is the standard inclusion of Ford's Sync 3 infotainment system across the range, revolving around an 8.0-inch touchscreen complete with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, along with DAB+ digital radio.

Additional features include keyless entry with push-button start, nine-speaker Bose audio system, traffic sign recognition, and a 7.0-inch MZD Connect infotainment system with satellite navigation and DAB+ digital radio.

For safety and comfort reasons, all the tunnels of Swiss national roads will be upgraded to receive DAB+ digital radio. In all 27 motorway tunnels in northeastern Switzerland, the expansion is completed through the cantons of Zurich, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen and Glarus as well as in the canton of Schwyz along Lake Zurich.

The Essential is expected to become the effective entry-level model: it includes 16-inch alloy wheels, body-coloured bumpers, DAB radio, Bluetooth and air conditioning.

In a statement to Austria's Federal Chancellery, the Association of Private Broadcasters have stated it "should actively support new broadcasting technologies and platforms - eg DAB+, Radioplayer.at" as part of the country's future media landscape.​

Switzerland's Digital Migration working group (DigiMig) has called for the country to switch off FM services from 2021, with completion a year later, as a result of ongoing growth in digital radio services. The working group states that current DAB+ service gaps will be eliminated by 2021, with a new national timetable for switchover to be published in 2019.

39 radio stations will start broadcasting in DAB+ in Lille, which includes 27 that are not broadcast currently on FM. The CSA has also planned to launch calls for applications for two national multiplexes which will be able to accommodate up to 26 additional radio stations.

In Switzerland, it is expected that in the autumn of 2019 a decision will be taken whether FM will go off completely in 2021, according to radio.nl. The original plan was that this would take place in phases between 2020 and 2024.

On the 9th of June 2018 from 18:00 to 24:00, in cooperation with Czech Broadcast Radio Ostrava, RTI will host an event titled "DAY WITH DIGITAL RADIO DAB+." The event takes place within the Ostrava Museum Night.

The EBU has published an update to its guidelines for DAB network planning – the first significant revision since 2003. This strategic report provides guidance on the key elements necessary to plan and design a DAB network.