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A regular DAB+ multiplex has been announced for Austria – with the licence being effective from April 2018 is expected. The license for the regional multiplex which will cover 2.25 million people in Greater Vienna was awarded to RTG Radio Technikum GmbH for a period of 10 years. Initially 11 radio programmes will be transmitted as well as an electronic program guide (EPG) and, if required, a hazard warning service. An announcement about a regular national multiplex is expected in Q1 2018.

The last FM transmitters of government radio services, in Troms and Finnmark in the country's most remote northern areas, shut down on Thursday. The nationwide change to DAB, or digital audio broadcasting, took nearly one year.

Norway became the first country to end FM radio service, and is now relying on digital broadcasting.

Norway on Wednesday completed its transition to digital radio, becoming the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its FM radio network.

Norway has completed a nearly year-long transition to digital radio, becoming the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its analog FM radio network and move to DAB.

Norway has become the first country in the world to shut down FM radio and move entirely to digital broadcasts.

ENMUXA has enhanced Factum Radioscape’s renowned digital broadcast system by providing users with an intuitive interface that offers at-a-glance ensemble monitoring, simple configuration and scheduling set-up tools and the ability to securely login from anywhere in the world.

This week witnessed the first steps towards the end of radio as we know, with Norway being the first country in the world to switch off its national FM signals, switching over entirely to digital radio outputs.

While Norway has just announced that it has switched exclusively to digital radio, France is still very much in favor of frequency modulation, FM. However, eventually 100% digital radio should eventually end up, to cope with the shortage of FM frequencies.

Norway on Wednesday completed its transition to digital radio, becoming the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its FM radio network.