Information and Communications Technologies Standards Board (ICTSB)

.. to coordinate the standardization activities in the field of Information and Communications Technologies

Consumer Requirements in ICT standardization - 2003
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)

Disclaimer icon Disclaimer: The "interim ICTSB response" is a collection of opinions which does not necessarily represent a consensus view of the ICTSB

Generic Consumer Requirements
in ICT standardization
extracted from the ANEC report
Interim ICTSB response
1. DAB receivers should be compatible with all DAB regions in Europe; Should a standards require this?
2. Set-top DAB receivers should meet hi-fi quality standards; Like all products, it should comply with what it does claim for.
3. Car or portable DAB receivers should meet certain technical quality standards, particularly in terms of power consumption and radio frequency sensitivity; "Certain" quality standards means that it is somewhat uncertain what ANEC wants.

4. The quality of broadcasts should meet minimum quality standards or a quality rating - based on broadcast data rate and number of channels - should be indicated to consumers so that they can make comparative judgments regarding the quality of different broadcasters; What type of quality is here addressed?



5. Additional text-based information accompanying DAB broadcasts should be accurate and meet quality standards (traffic announcements, radio text news, programme information text). Content quality is not in the scope of standardization.


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