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In Switzerland, the rise of DAB+ is steady. In 2013 just under 365,000 DAB+ receivers were sold, bringing the total to 1.52 million DAB+ radios in circulation.

Navigation manufacturer Garmin sends its Live Traffic service free of charge via DAB+ .

The European Broadcasting Union says its Smart Radio Initiative is gaining momentum as German broadcaster Klassik Radio AG has backed the campaign to integrate analog and digital broadcast chips in all mobile devices.

We still don't know exactly when analogue signals will be switched off. One thing is for sure: it's definitely going to happen, and suddenly, the vast majority of cars will have completely redundant radios. You're going to need a DAB receiver if you want to carry on listening to Chris Evans on the morning commute.

Participants in the 6th Poznan Media Expo had no doubts as to the necessity and inevitability of completing the digitalization process of European broadcasting media.

DAB+ in the UK becomes more likely as Ofcom consults over Code changes. Ofcom is consulting over a revised Digital Radio Technical Code, which could pave the way for DAB+ to be implemented in the UK. The proposed new Digital 2 multiplex could contain a mix of original DAB and DAB+ services.

Following the news last week that new vehicle sales in March were the highest for a decade, new figures have been released from CAP and the SMMT which show that in Q1 2014, 45.2% of new cars came with DAB digital radio as standard, up from 42.8% in Q4 2013.

New car sales throughout the U.K. in March were the highest in 10 years, and information released by CAP and the SMMT show that in the first quarter of this year that 45.2 percent of new vehicles came with DAB radios as standard equipment.

Frontier Silicon is previewing Kino 4, its next generation digital radio chip, at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (13-16th April, 2014).

Digital listening has grown significantly in the last quarter in Norway with 45% of all daily radio listeners tuning in via a digital platform.