The REVO IKON DAB/DAB+/FM RDS touch-screen desktop radio is available in Singapore. Its features include Wi-Fi radio, station presets, alarm, snooze, sleep timer, iPod & iPhone docking, optical digital output and remote control.

Retailing price for REVO IKON is S$899. For more info, click here or contact Catherine Gasper of Orange Communications at 6481 6223 or catgasper@orangecom.com.sg.

The UK radio industry announced on 20 Jan 10 its commitment to work with receiver manufacturers to develop an integrated station list that will enable listeners to select stations by name whether they are on FM or digital, and tune seamlessly between FM and digital frequencies.

Digital Radio UK, the company tasked with preparing the UK for digital radio upgrade, is working with key receiver manufacturers and technology suppliers, including Sony, Roberts and the leading chip manufacturer, Frontier Silicon. Over the next few months, an industry working group will be developing a specification to be introduced well ahead of digital radio switchover.

The development will be seen as a breakthrough by many as the radio industry moves towards a digital future, because it will ensure that local commercial and community stations which stay on FM, along with new services launching on newly vacated analogue spectrum remain as accessible to listeners as those stations that have migrated to digital only.

The majority of digital radios currently available include FM as well as digital tuners, and the newly agreed multi-standard WorldDMB digital radio receiver profile already incorporates FM ensuring that all new digital radios will also be able to receive FM.

For more information, click here.

EtherWaves announces the availability of a new and exciting multi-standard solution for Digital Radio. The new ClearSignal solution includes support for dual DAB, DAB+, T-DMB and DRM, audio and data – both in single-tuner and dual-tuner options, as well as high performance FM synchronization.

From the listener’s perspective, the capability of the dual-tuner high-performance software to smoothly switch between the different broadcasting systems when driving in multi-system regions, such as in Europe, or of simultaneous reception of two services, offers the feeling and the user experience that a listener deserves from a high-performance entertainment system. Using its stable and mature ClearSignal SDR (Software Defined Radio) based software, the new version also improves the long-term cost-performance for car manufacturers by reducing logistics complexity, while at same time simplifying and reducing the cost of the development.

The new EtherWaves SDR based solution arrives in time for the car manufacturers to respond to the new Digital Radio expected boost in the UK, Germany and France.

For more information, click here.

Frontier Silicon announces that it has reached a record 10 million sales in DAB systems worldwide.

With over 12 million DAB units already in circulation – and with this total growing by more than two to three million per year – Frontier Silicon expects to reach 20 million sales in less than half the time it has taken to reach 10 million.

There have been 10.5 million sales of DAB radios in the UK to date, with 500,000 sold in December 2009 alone. 31 per cent of UK homes have at least one DAB radio, with 21 per cent of radio listening now on digital.

For more information, click here.

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