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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9842

18 February 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecommunications
Member states prepare for switch over to all digital

Brussels, 17/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - Europe is leading the world in switching from analogue to digital television, the European Commission revealed on Monday 16 February. The Commission is driving a coordinated approach to the freeing up and future use of the radio spectrum, which is essential if the EU is to switch to all digital by the 2012 deadline. Analogue transmission is “spectrum-hungry”, so, with digital using the radio spectrum more efficiently, capacity is freed up for new...

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