DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting Plus) is digital terrestrial radio that modernizes the listening experience by relying on the terrestrial network, like FM. This technology offers rich, high-quality listening , anonymously and free of charge, with no mobile data consumption, and complements the FM offering. It enriches the radio with associated data (titles, cover art, news) and provides better reception continuity, especially on the move.
*Based on June 2025 figures
In DAB+, several radios (up to 13 services) are grouped together in a multiplex broadcast over a larger or smaller area on the same frequency. National multiplexes are designed to cover major roads and neighboring towns, extended multiplexes target regional areas, and local multiplexes serve smaller areas around a main conurbation (corresponding to the catchment areas defined by INSEE).
ARCOM, the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communications, has defined two national networks called M1 and M2, the "metropolitan" networks. The license is attributed to a multiplex and provides broad coverage of the French territory, like a DTT multiplex.
A local multiplex corresponds to a population catchment area around a large city. An extended multiplex corresponds to an FM zone similar to that of a radio station such as "Ici".
The metropolitan area is divided into some forty extended allotments and over two hundred local allotments.
To find out which radio stations are broadcast on DAB+ in your area / test your eligibility, visit the ARCOM website " Ma Radio DAB+ ".
Your receiver (car radio, radio, hi-fi system, etc.) must be DAB+ compatible. Since the end of 2020, all radios with alphanumeric displays and car radios in new vehicles must be DAB+-compatible, in accordance with the law of March 5, 2007.
DAB+ can be used at home as well as in the car, offering optimum sound quality and a wider variety of stations, without the need for an Internet connection.
To find out how to activate digital radio in your car, visit ensemblepourledabplus.fr.
In the event of reception problems, consult the page dedicated to radio reception problems.
