In fact, at this time, DAB users have access to 22 national Norwegian channels; FM has just five. Norway launched the very first DAB channel in the world on 1 June 1995 (NRK Klassisk). DAB receivers have been available in many countries since the end of the 1990s. The digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, which is used in several countries across Europe and Asia Pacific, may offer more radio programs over a specific spectrum than analogue FM radio .Not at last, DAB is more robust with regard to noise and multipath fading for mobile listening. The end of FM is due on a rolling basis in 2017 in Norway.
