The Australian researchers have developed a new internet car radio for the first time which enables the users to access 30,000 stations including online broadcasts and AM and FM stations from all round the globe. The internet car radio developed by Melbourne-based online radio aggregator miRoamer was launched in prototype form at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. miRoamer has signed a deal with German-based Blaupunkt which is one of the largest producers of car radios in the world.

 

Under the new deal, Blaupunkt will produce internet radios which will be fitted in latest models by car manufacturers such as Ford, Holden, Mercedes, BMW and Audi. The internet radio will also be sold separately for those who want to install it in their cars. The new technology is supposed to give much headache to traditional terrestrial broadcasters such as Austereo. It is very imperative that radio lovers will prefer internet car radio to traditional broadcasters as it offers a huge number of stations from all over the world.

 

Talking to media, CEO of Doncaster-based miRoamer, George Parthimos informed that his company has collaborations with all the leading internet radio stations of the world. The services of the all these stations will be made available to the internet radio users via miRoamer.com, informed Parthimos. He also said that one can listen to anything from traditional terrestrial stations to internet stations. According to him, the internet car radio is going to revolutionise the way people listen to radio.

 

The users will need a 2GB monthly data plan to power the Internet radio. Apart from it, the internet car radio users will also have to pay a fee for the radio itself. George Parthimos said that one will get the service of internet car radio by paying about $ 299 with an additional monthly subscription fee of about $15 to access the stations. The new product is expected to be launched in the US and Europe in the second half of 2009.