Radio - Vodafone switches off analog radio signal in the cable network
Anyone listening to the radio in Hesse via their cable connection will have to be prepared for changes. The operator Vodafone has announced that it will switch off the analog radio signal in its Hessian sub-network next Tuesday (January 9). Analog cable radio will also end in North Rhine-Westphalia (10 January) and Baden-Württemberg (11 January), having already been switched off in the other federal states since 2018.
Around 350 radio stations will then only be receivable digitally in the cable network, as Vodafone announced on Wednesday. This requires suitable receivers. The switch-off is intended to free up frequency ranges for additional internet services. The frequency range in which analog cable radio has been broadcast to date is primarily relevant for upstream, i.e. for data traffic from home to the Internet.
The number of analog radio listeners can only be estimated. Vodafone assumes that only around 2 percent of its approximately 1.9 million cable customers in Hesse use the service. As a rule, this applies to customers who have connected their radios or hi-fi systems directly to the cable socket. However, the vast majority of people in Germany listen to the radio via terrestrial FM waves, the Internet or with new digital receivers (DAB+) and are therefore not affected.
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- In North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg, just like in Hesse, the telecommunications giant Vodafone will carry out a changeover in their cable networks, discontinuing the analog radio signal on January 10 and 11 respectively.
- If you reside in Frankfurt on the Main and are used to receiving radio signals via your cable connection, you should take note that a switchover will occur, similar to the one happening in other parts of Hesse, on January 9, initiated by Vodafone.
- For those who rely on cable connection in Baden-Württemberg, be informed that the analog radio signal will be swapped out for digital reception on January 11, following the lead of Vodafone in other regions, including North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse.
- Telecommunications companies like Vodafone are consistently moving towards digital solutions, as demonstrated by the switch-off of analog radio signals in their cable networks, starting in Hesse on January 9 and continuing in Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia later in the week.
- The digital transformation of telecommunications is accelerating, as evidenced in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Baden-Württemberg, where Vodafone is gradually phasing out the analog radio signal in its cable networks, freeing up frequencies for additional internet services.
Source: www.stern.de
