VoIP Gateways

AVM, a manufacturer of broadband devices and smart home products in Germany and Europe, recently signed a distributor agreement with broadband equipment supplier PCRange, to market its new flagship FRITZ!Box 7490 router which is planned to be launched in the Australian market soon.

AVM’s FRITZ! is a product line which stands for DSL, cable, LTE (News - Alert), wireless LAN, DECT and powerline, all for fast Internet, the networked home, and convenient telephony. With many products already marketed under this brand, the latest 7490’s built-in telephone system contains multiple answering machines, a DECT (News - Alert) base station for as many six cordless handsets, and connection options for analogue and VoIP telephone handsets. The device includes four 1 gigabyte LAN ports, two USB 3.0 ports and AC Wireless networking.

Referred as a perfect hub for smart home applications, the new FRITZ!Box (News - Alert) 7490 is designed to offer spectacular gigabit speeds of up to 1300 Mbit/s in the wireless home network.

The FRITZ!Box 7490 supports the iEEE 802.11ac WLAN standard, capable of 1300 megabits per second (Mb/s) data throughput in the 5GHz band and 450 Mb/s in the 2.4 frequency band. AC Wireless is backward compatible with older 802.11a/b/g/n wireless devices. The new unit also provides a powerful media server that can stream images, videos and music throughout your home network, whether data is stored locally or in the cloud.

The product comes with Media server for music, images, and video; NAS functionality; FRITZ!OS with MyFRITZ!, Smart Home functions, cloud contacts, guest access and parental controls; FRITZ!Apps for file access from on the go, telephony in the home network, control of webcams and more.

The fiber-ready ADSL2+ router, which includes an integrated phone system, will have an Australian recommended retail price of $429.

The German firm’s lower-end FRITZ!Box 7272 and 7390 routers, along with FRITZ!Box Stick N networking cards and FRITZ!Fon cordless handsets, is currently offered via iiNet-owned telco Internode.