More frequencies for digital terrestrial broadcasting in Switzerland

At the Regional Radiocommunication Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Swiss negotiating delegation was able to significantly increase the number of national coverages for television. Switzerland will now be allocated 14 complete national coverages: seven for digital terrestrial television and seven for digital terrestrial radio. With one coverage for digital television, at least four television channels can be broadcast in the current quality of analog channels. Previously, Switzerland had only four complete national coverages for analog television, and analog and digital broadcasting systems will have to coexist for some time. During this transitional phase, Switzerland will have to negotiate the gradual implementation of the digital plan with neighboring countries, as many of the digital frequencies planned for Switzerland are still occupied by analog broadcasters abroad. The new frequency plan replaces the one from 1961, which was designed for analog television. Over 1000 delegates from 104 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East worked out the new frequency plan for digital terrestrial broadcasting in Geneva.