The FM debacle continues unabated - and this time with a blatant cover-up. For example, the Federal Office of Communications recently sent the new licensing concept for private radio stations out for consultation. But something crucial was missing from the tender: reference to the broadcasting technologies. In other words, precisely the aspect that has dominated the recent heated public debates. Only when asked did a Federal Office of Communications meekly explain: FM will no longer be available from 2025. Period. He did not provide a substantive reason. But the responsible federal office is already trying to hide its position. First they did this by referring to an "industry agreement", which then collapsed spectacularly. Now with regard to the new licenses.
The reasons for this shameful behaviour are south africa rcs data obvious. It was Bakom, together with SRG, that pushed the DAB strategy for many years and with tens of millions of taxpayers' money in a way that no other authority in Central Europe has done. While more and more countries recognised the disadvantages of DAB and scrapped all their FM switch-off plans, Bakom stuck to its guns. This is to cover up the fact that since the 1990s it has relied on an intermediate technology that is now outdated and has not been able to establish itself as desired. Even today, not even half of all Swiss cars are equipped with DAB receivers. It will probably take another seven years before this proportion can be increased to 90 percent - which is necessary for reasons of road safety, as all experts stress.