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Creature comforts such as heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, keyless entry/keyless go, a reversing camera, cruise control and an electronic parking brake are all included. There’s plenty of tech, too, with an 8.0-inch touchscreen, sat-nav, DAB radio, Bluetooth and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto making their way onto the list.

If Geneva's latest wireless speaker seems a little familiar, that's because it has been inspired by the Touring S FM/DAB Bluetooth radio it released earlier this year.

In our Swiss neighbors, the FM is already (almost) a memory. The authorities have confirmed that the FM radios will definitely cease broadcasting at the end of the year 2024 to take over the DAB +. And to make things easier, a communication campaign announces this great change in the history of radio.

Features include DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting)

Now it's less than a month until NRK, P4 and Radio Norway stop sending on FM in Troms and Finnmark. From 13th of December all national channels are lucky.

The authorities in the Italian region of South Tyrol have approved FM shutdown and will start on 5 December. The reason is that the DAB coverage is 99.3 percent and meets the requirements for outdoor and indoor coverage.

The first FM stations will be released in Italy this year. It concerns support stations at six locations in the province of South Tyrol. In November 2018 another seven locations will follow. According to the RAS, owner of the channels, many listeners have already switched to DAB +, which means that FM can go out.

Since the DAB transmission networks of the RAS reach 99.3 percent of the South Tyrol population, the South Tyrolean state government has approved the plan for FM shutdown.

KG and MEDIA BROADCAST Digital Radio GmbH) was confirmed as the new platform provider of the second nationwide DAB multiplex, reports radioszene.de.

Antenne Deutschland becomes the new platform provider of the second nationwide DAB multiplex. This was decided by the committee chairmen's conference (GVK) of the media authorities on 6 June.