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These messages were particularly relevant to Switzerland, which starts its own switch-off in 2020, and to other countries which are planning their future digital radio roadmaps. Delegates also heard about the continuing progress of DAB in Europe...

Addressing over 200 delegates at the WorldDAB General Assembly in Paris, Nicolas Curien, board member in charge of radio at the CSA, described the measures being put in place to accelerate the roll-out of DAB+ in new cities and highways across the country

The WorldDAB Forum was held in Paris on 7 and 8 November 2017. Nicolas Curien, CSA advisor and president of the group on radio at the CSA, attended before nearly 250 experts of the digital radio. He decrypts this event in 3 questions.

There are the hugely comfortable seats upholstered in Windsor leather, heated rear seats, automatic dual-zone climate control plus the likes of DAB radio and a 10.2-inch touchscreen with the latest InControl system and an integrated TV tuner...

Lefteris Kretsos, the Greek Secretary General of Information and Communication, paid a two-day visit to Paris and attended the WorldDAB General Assembly along with George Thalassinos, a member of ERT 's Board of Directors and ERT 's General Manager of Technology, Nikos Mihalitsis. In September, Mr Kretsos revealed that Greece plans to launch digital radio, announcing that digital frequency maps would be ready within the next three months, with licences issued within the next eight months.

Lefteris Kretsos, the Greek Secretary General of Information and Communication, paid a two-day visit to Paris and attended the WorldDAB General Assembly along with George Thalassinos, a member of ERT 's Board of Directors and ERT 's General Manager of Technology, Nikos Mihalitsis. In September, Mr Kretsos revealed that Greece plans to launch digital radio, announcing that digital frequency maps would be ready within the next three months, with licences issued within the next eight months.

In just one month, P4 and Radio Norway will stop broadcasting on FM in Akershus, Oslo, Østfold and Vestfold. From 8 December 2017, listeners must have a digital radio to hear all the national channels in Eastern Norway.

During the WorldDAB general meeting in Paris, the CSA described the measures put in place to accelerate the deployment of DAB + for the benefit of new regions and the French road network.

LONDON — The newly published European Telecommunications Standards Institute standard for DAB digital radio (which sets minimum specifications for consumer DAB radios) could help boost DAB sales across Europe. That's the view of Patrick Hannon...

“DAB is well established as the core future platform for radio in Europe and beyond. Templates for success are firmly established and the FM switch-off in Norway sends a clear signal of what can be achieved,” Patrick Hannon, President, WorldDAB.