DAB+ Enhanced Radio: is based on the original DAB standard, but uses a
highly efficient audio codec, AAC+. In
February 2007,
DAB+ finalized its European Communication Standards Institute (ETSI)
standardisation process. DAB+
allows regulators and broadcasters to implement DAB with improvements
in spectrum efficiency, lower per-station
transmission costs and offer listeners an even greater choice of
services.
Broadcasters are also able to benefit from the fact that DAB+ and
traditional DAB can be broadcast on the same
multiplex at the same time and new receivers, which include both types
of audio codecs, will work in any country.
The first DAB+ enabled receivers were launched in early 2008.
So far, the DAB+ standard has been adopted by Singapore (launched in
June 2008), Malta (launching in October
2008) and Australia (launching in early 2009).
Other countries to potentially consider this enhanced radio standard
include: New Zealand, Italy, India, Switzerland, Canada, The
Netherlands and China. DAB+ offers enhanced DAB Digital
Radio and takes advantage of technological innovations, which benefit
and protect the standard's competitiveness
in a rapidly changing international market.
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