FRITZ!Card Ready for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition FRITZ!Card Now with 64-bit Drivers

BERLIN 1th December (PROTEXT) - FRITZ!Card supports AMD's andIntel's 64-bit platforms - Active ISDN-Controllers also havenative 64-bit support

64-bit drivers for all current FRITZ!Card ISDN and ADSLproducts are now available for downloading from AVM. The Berlincommunications specialist is among the first company to integrateits products in the Microsoft operating system "Windows XPProfessional x64 Edition." The new drivers support both AMD's andIntel's platforms, AMD64 and EM64T. Both the AVM drivers and theMicrosoft operating system itself are currently available as betaversions.

64-bit Drivers for FRITZ!Card ISDN and FRITZ!Card DSL AVM now provides 64-bit CAPI drivers for all the current FRITZ!Card DSL products, in addition to the 64-bit drivers for itsISDN-Controllers FRITZ!Card PCI and FRITZ!Card PCMCIA, which werereleased in October. All of these drivers are available now forAMD's and Intel's 64-bit platforms, AMD64 and EM64T. As a result,FRITZ!Card owners are well prepared for the 64-bit Microsoftoperating system, which is expected to be released in the comingyear. Because the drivers also support existing 32-bit programs,a wide range of applications is available right from the start.

Active ISDN-Controllers Also Have Native 64-bit Support 64-bit driver software for AVM's active ISDN-Controllers B1, C2 andC4, has long been available to integrate these cards inMicrosoft's "Windows Server 2003 x64 Beta" operating system, andis included on the Microsoft installation CD. 64-bit CAPI supportfor the same active ISDN-Controllers in Linux is also availablein the "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64/Intel EM64T"system.

Downloadable from www.avm.de

The drivers, currently released as an unsupported betaversion, can be obtained free of charge from the AVM downloadarea, and can be installed on the 64-bit "Windows XP Professionalx64 Edition" operating system, which is likewise currentlyavailable in a beta release. Integrated ADSL NDIS WAN and PPPoEdrivers, or an ISDN (Co)NDIS WAN driver, are installed with the64-bit driver versions for the appropriate FRITZ!Card products -as in the past with the AVM drivers for 32-bit operating systems.This makes Internet access convenient to set up, both for ADSLand for ISDN lines. The installation itself is performed, asusual, with the Windows Hardware Wizard. For more detailedinformation on installing and using the drivers, please see theReadme files supplied with the software. AVM welcomes feedbackduring the beta phase: users can send e-mail to amd64@avm.de.

About AVM

AVM products connect the PC to ISDN and ADSL to permit fastInternet connections and economical telephone service. Forwireless links, the Berlin communications specialist exploitsboth Bluetooth and WLAN wireless technologies. For Internettelephony, or "Voice over IP", users connect their existingtelephones to AVM products. In addition to its applications forthe professional sector, AVM's FRITZ! family of products isextremely popular. All FRITZ! products are complete hardware andsoftware solutions developed by AVM. Available as internal cards,USB adapters and PBX systems, the FRITZ! products undergocontinuing development, providing true added value. FRITZ!products have received many awards in the IT press, commendingboth their ease of use and the high security standards theyfulfill from the word go.

Founded in 1986 in Berlin, AVM earned sales of EUR150 millionin 2003 with 460 employees.

Contact: Urban Bastert Head of Public Relations AVM GmbHAlt-Moabit 95, 10559 Berlin http://www.avm.de Tel.: +49 (0)30 /399 76-214 Fax: +49 (0)30 / 399 76-640 Mail u.bastert@avm.de

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