The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recently wrote to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in reply to an earlier communication regarding digital radio and further auctions for FM radio licenses in India. While addressing the issue of technology, the TRAI advised leaving the choice to the licensee to decide whether to adopt analog or digital radio. While the government is to decide on the next phase of auctions for FM radio expansion in India, a research report was also released recently on digital broadcast radio in India by E&Y and the India Cellular and Electronics Association, an industry body of Indian cellular manufacturers. As India mulls, further expansion of FM radio the two developments have brought to the centre-stage the future technology evolution for radio in India.
Since 2014, radio in India has had a rebirth of sorts with Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
