DAB has been under development since 1981 at the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT). The first DAB demonstrations were held in 1985 at the WARC-ORB in Geneva, and in 1988 the first DAB transmissions were made in … See more

55 countries provide regular or trial DAB(+) broadcasts. In spectrum management, the bands that are allocated for public DAB services, are … See more

Traditionally, radio programmes were broadcast on different frequencies via AM and FM, and the radio had to be tuned into each frequency as … See more

Benefits of DAB
Improved features for users
DAB devices perform band-scans over the entire frequency range, presenting all stations from a single list for the user to select from.
DAB is capable of … See more

Bands and modes
DAB uses a wide-bandwidth broadcast technology and typically spectra have been allocated for it in Band III (174–240 MHz) and L band (1452–1492 MHz), although the scheme allows for operation between 30 and 300 See more

The original objectives of converting to digital transmission were to enable higher fidelity, more stations and more resistance to noise, co-channel … See more

• Digital audio radio service
• Digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB)
• Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) See more