As most any VoIP industry observer knows now, last week VoIP pioneer Vonage was named to Time Magazine's list of the 10 biggest tech failures [1] of the past decade. TelecomTV has an interesting take on Vonage's struggles and details some of the reasons the company deserves the bad rap Time has given it.
While the article acknowledges Vonage's consistent overspending on marketing as one of the company's problems, it also points to the company's inability to find alternative revenue streams or applications that use its VoIP networks and capabilities as the main impediment to Vonage's success.
For more:
- see the TelecomTV explanation about Vonage's selection here [2]
Links:
[1] http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898610_1898625,00.html
[2] http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=44987&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10