BERLIN, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

    
    - AVM and IPv6
    - FRITZ!Box manufacturer AVM participates in World IPv6 Day
    - IPv6 now being used successfully for a year

    - World IPv6 Day on June 8 - AVM plays its part in a global IPv6
      initiative
    - IPv6 already being used successfully by the provider XS4ALL
    - All the current FRITZ!Box models support the new IPv6 Internet standard

The FRITZ!Box manufacturer AVM of Germany is taking part in World IPv6 Day. The Internet Society (ISOC) organization has announced a global initiative for the new Internet standard IPv6, to be held on June 8. The aim of the 24-hour initiative is to get Internet providers, hardware manufacturers, and website operators ready for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. A quick changeover to the new standard is required because the last available IPv4 address blocks were allocated in February of this year. AVM has already been supporting IPv6 for two years and has even been demonstrating the reliability of the FRITZ!Box in conjunction with the new standard in collaboration with 7,000 IPv6 customers of the Dutch Internet provider XS4ALL.

Link to full version of press release:

http://www.avm.de/en/press/announcements/2011/2011_05_26.php

Link to Press Photo:

http://www.avm.de/en/press/Pressefotos

About AVM

Founded in 1986 in Berlin, AVM is one of the top two manufacturers of broadband devices in Europe. With a market share of over 50 percent, it is the leading manufacturer in Germany, Europe's largest market. The Berlin-based communications specialist has received numerous awards for its innovative FRITZ!Box product range, developed and produced in Germany. FRITZ!Box enables fast, user-friendly Internet access, easy networking, convenient telephony and versatile multimedia applications. AVM has 400 employees and generated a turnover of EUR200 million in fiscal 2010.

Picture is available via epa european pressphoto agency and can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/14784/avm_gmbh/?keygroup=bild

    
    Press Contact:
    AVM Communication
    Samira Jordan
    presse@avm.de
    Phone +49-30-39976-645

SOURCE AVM GmbH