Frontier Silicon has shipped over 5 million DAB digital radio ICs and modules, as a result it now claims a 75% market share in the DAB receiver market.
Frontier has benefited from the new DAB+ standard which has opened markets for digital radios around the world.
The UK DAB market has been an early mover and this has been important to five year old Frontier. The recent availability of the new DAB+ standard several new countries are expected to fully adopt DAB/DAB+ in the coming years.
Australia is launching its digital audio services at the end of next year and many other countries are expected to follow suit soon, including Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Malta, Israel, Hungary, Kuwait, Malaysia, and New Zealand, signalling a worldwide move to digital radio based on the Eureka-147 DAB standard.
“With the positive reaction in the broadcaster community to the announcement of the DAB+ standard we are very excited about the prospects for DAB/DAB+ radios and we expect to see significant expansion in this industry over the coming years,” said Anthony Sethill, CEO Frontier Silicon.
All Frontier modules are based on the company’s own design of broadcast receiver ICs and it has recenlty added an iPod interface.