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The European Broadcasting Union's “Digital Radio Summit,” held in Geneva on Feb. 12 reflected the significant interest in digital radio across Europe.

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has partnered with eight state agencies to conduct a digital radio broadcasting test, according to The Nation. They will use the existing infrastructures of the armed forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police, Public Public Relations Department, secretariat of the House of Representatives and public service broadcaster MCOT. Digital radio will be transmitted over the VHF band, some of which currently carries analog terrestrial TV broadcasts.

Seat Leon SC Cupra now comes with DAB as standard.

The Hybrid Volkswagen Golf GTE gets the premium 8.0-inch touchscreen with 3D sat-nav and DAB radio.

The third-gen MINI now comes with DAB.

The Vauxhall Mokka now comes with DAB as standard.

The McLaren 650S now comes with DAB+.

The Citroen C4 Grand Picasso now comes with DAB.

JVC's new DAB / USB / CD Receiver KD-DB65 is in a compact 1-DIN format, but with all the features to fully exploit the benefits of DAB+ digital radio

The Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) has granted egoFM in Munich a license to broadcast via DAB+. The authorization is valid for the dissemination of the station in the metropolitan areas of Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Ingolstadt.