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The Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP) in Senegal organised a workshop on Wednesday 08 May 2024 to launch the Digital Terrestrial Radio (RNT) pilot project, designed to counter the shortage of FM frequencies in Senegal. The workshop held on Wednesday provided an opportunity to present the RNT pilot project in detail, as well as the challenges and prospects for the service in the country. Participants had the opportunity to understand the implications of this transition to digital radio, particularly in terms of broadcast quality, content diversity and frequency availability. Today, RNT DAB+ in Senegal enables 16 radios to be grouped together in a single multiplexer instead of each radio having its own frequency. As part of this initial pilot phase in collaboration with Télédiffusion du Sénégal (TDS-SA), two multiplexers were put into service, with a total of thirty-two radio stations on board.

Senegal has taken an important step in the development of its broadcasting services, with the official launch of the Digital Terrestrial Radio (RNT) pilot project on Wednesday 8 May 2024. Initiated by the Autorité de Régulation des Télécoms et Postes (ARTP), the project aims to explore alternative solutions to traditional analogue FM broadcasting, which is facing problems of frequency saturation, particularly in certain areas of the country. The adoption of the DAB+ standard for RNT is part of ARTP's desire to offer Senegalese listeners a richer, more efficient radio experience. DAB+ technology offers a number of advantages over analogue FM.

As part of the development of broadcasting services in Senegal and following the adoption of DAB/DAB+ standards by the international community, the ARTP organised a workshop on Wednesday 8 May 2024 to present the Digital Radio pilot project carried out in the country. Abdou Karim Sall, Director General, ARTP: "As part of this pilot phase, we have commissioned two multiplexers, so a total of 32 on-board radio stations. It makes Senegal the first French-speaking African country south of the Sahara to make digital radio available to operators. Senegal is always a pioneer in projects whether it's 5G, 4G or DTT, so Senegal can't be left behind when it comes to in terms of innovation, which is why today we have this desire to provide Senegal with this technology possibility of having terrestrial digital radio and it's a pleasure for Senegal and for the Senegalese."

As part of the development of broadcasting services in Senegal, and following the adoption of DAB+ standards by the international community, the Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP), in collaboration with Télédiffusion du Sénégal (TDS), organised a workshop on Wednesday to present the Digital Terrestrial Radio (DTR) pilot project in Senegal. Nafissatou Diouf, outgoing Director General of TDS, said that ‘this project is quite simply an advance in technology. It's also a real revolution in the way we're going to have to disseminate information once again’. The other advantage, she said, is ‘superior sound quality. After the launch of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), Digital Terrestrial Radio (DTR) completes the full switchover process.

Two key speakers will be at this year's Innovation Day conference on 21 May to talk about the development of DAB+ digital radio broadcasting in the Czech Republic. Traditionally, Czech Radio will be represented by its technical director Karel Zýka, while Marcel Procházka, Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, will represent Czech Radio. Zýka's lecture, which is scheduled for around noon, is expected to bring plans for further development of Czech Radio's DAB+ multiplex. The public broadcaster currently covers around 96% of the population on so-called outdoor reception, i.e. outside buildings, and has been the natural leader of the process for a number of years, with commercial radios gradually starting to join in this year.

On 8 May 2024, the DGTEL of the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (MIMIT) published on the Ministry's website the list of expressions of interest received by the Ministry of consortium companies admitted to the procedures for the assignment of rights of use of frequencies for the terrestrial digital radio broadcasting service, as per the PNAF-DAB for the following catchment areas: no. 01 - Piedmont; no. 12 - Lazio and no. 15 - Campania.

As part of the development of broadcasting services in Senegal and in line with the adoption of DAB/DAB+ standards by the international community, the Autorité de Régulation des Télécoms et Postes (ARTP) organised a workshop on Wednesday 8 May 2024 to present the digital radio pilot project carried out in the country. The event was held at a hotel in Dakar. Faced with the scarcity, or even shortage, of frequencies in the FM band, particularly in certain areas of the country, the ARTP has taken the initiative of launching a DAB+ Digital Terrestrial Radio pilot project. The aim is to explore alternatives to FM broadcasting in order to better meet radio operators' demand for frequencies.

On 8 May 2024, the Autorité de Régulation des Télécoms et Postes (ARTP) launched the pilot phase of digital terrestrial radio (DAB+). The aim is to explore alternatives to FM broadcasting and to better meet the demand for frequencies in Senegal.

The Licensing and Control Board has examined the compliance of the applications it received in response to the call for tenders for the Community DAB+ network (C11). While five applications had been submitted and had all been deemed admissible, three applications were declared non-compliant on the basis of these new tests. Only the applications from RTL Belgium SA for the ‘Radio Contact Max’ project and from Radio Maria Wallonie SPRL for the ‘Radio Maria’ project met all the criteria for compliance. The final decision on the award of this licence is expected in June 2024.

50% of the Austrian population aged 15 and over are familiar with the term DAB+ digital radio, its logo or even both. 26% of all households in Austria state that they have at least one DAB+-capable receiver and almost a quarter of the population has already listened to radio programmes via DAB+ digital terrestrial radio. Five years after the nationwide launch, 18% of the total population or 960,000 Austrians use DAB+ radio (almost) daily, several times a week or at least several times a month. These are the key findings of the study ‘DAB+ Digital Radio Austria 2024’ presented by RTR Medien on 11 April. After an introduction by RTR Media Managing Director Wolfgang Struber, Ipsos market researcher Roswitha Wachtler presented the latest findings on the premises of RTR.