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Digitization is moving ahead at full speed. For most people, the smartphone is a constant companion; manufacturing businesses are also pushing ahead with digitization on the factory floor in the wake of Industry 4.0. Even radio cannot stop the trend in its tracks: step by step, digital radio is replacing its familiar FM cousin. A common practice in numerous European nations, and many developing nations are preparing for the switchover. Digital radio offers numerous advantages: greater program diversity, improved reception, a wealth of enhanced services. Digital radio will grow together with mobile telephony in the long term. Whereas radio sends information that is of interest to everyone, mobile telephony takes on “personalized” information. In this way, the two technologies can be the ideal complement to one another.
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Heuberger, A. (2019). Digital Radio. In: Neugebauer, R. (eds) Digital Transformation. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58134-6_6
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