Azaire Networks, which sold a fixed mobile convergence security gateway product, has gone out of business, iLocus says. IPXstream/IPtelephony.org, a content and newsletter provider, also has gone under.
There always are periods of consolidation after big investment waves, and we are at the front of a winnowing process that already has claimed Pulvermedia and Verso.
Similar contraction cycles hit venture-funded CLEC and Internet firms between 2001 and 2003. Now it is VoIP's turn.
The next cycle, which will not begin for some time, is a similar weeding process for consumer-focused video start-ups.
Friday, May 2, 2008
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