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Next week join the automotive industry at Telematics Update, Munich 2011
03.11.2011 - Germany
The largest European focused Telematics Event as the Car Transforms into a Mobile Services Platform
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Sol'n enables DAB, DAB+ on mobile devices
03.11.2011 - Hong Kong
Mirics Semiconductor Inc. has developed DAB and DAB solutions for ARM processor-based applications. The solutions enable low-cost, region independent mobile TV and radio reception to media rich smartphones and tablets, the company stated. ...
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27% of UK can't recieve 3G signal from all five major networks
03.11.2011 - United Kingdom
When it comes to Digital Terrestrial Television, nearly nine in ten (89 percent) of homes and firms can access the service, while 91 percent of UK also has access to Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) radio coverage. As part of the report the regulator has ...
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UK Minister: 'The Only Future I Envisage for Radio Is Digital'
02.11.2011 - United Kingdom
Ed Vaizey said the UK “leads the world in the take-up and consumption of digital radio, we have exciting digital-only content and the leading manufacturers are UK companies.” He said some 14 million DAB sets have been sold. “Radio's strengths are its ...
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Radios looking for State funds to aid a digital switchover
02.11.2011 - France
Independent radio stations selected for digital radio broadcasting in Paris, Marseille and Nice, asked the Higher Audiovisual Council (CSA), with support from the Union Interprofessional independent radio and television (SIRT), the creation of a fund State aid for digital switchover.
Ofcom publishes digital communications coverage maps
01.11.2011 - United Kingdom
By comparison, mobile broadband demand averages 0.24 GB per month per connection. The maps also include DTT and DAB coverage, with DTT national coverage at 89 percent and DAB national coverage at 91 percent for public service broadcasting channels.
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Mark Thompson's 2011 Radio Festival speech – full text
01.11.2011 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
On local DAB, we have been working with Government and Commercial Radio to agree a plan for the funding of further build-out, and again we've made substantial progress. I'm confident we will agree a Memorandum of Understanding by the end of the year. ...
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2011 Per Erik Selemark Award for services to DAB presented to a pioneer of digital radio
01.11.2011 -
Hossein Yassaie, CEO of Imagination Technologies and parent company PURE Digital received the WorldDMB 2011 Per Erik Selemark Award for services to DAB last week at the 17th WorldDMB General Assembly in Zurich, Switzerland
EtherWaves to add Software Defined Radio (SDR) based DAB/DMB Receiving Software to GENIVI and Android devices
01.11.2011 - Israel
The increasing processing power pushed by the smartphone market finally enables an upgrade path to automotive and mobile devices, to avoid the need for specialized DSPs
In-car Tech: 2012 to be the year of DAB radio says expert
31.10.2011 - United Kingdom
As in-car tech goes from strength to strength and high-end gadgets become a frequently common site embedded within dashboards and headrests, an industry expert has told T3 2012 is to be the year of DAB radio in vehicles. Available in the home for many ...
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