Education
University of London, United Kingdom
MSc. in business innovation
Vienna University of Business and Economics, Austria
BSc. in international business administration
Since joining in 2015, our Partner Christoph Uferer has consistently demonstrated his drive, high quality standards, and expertise. He has a deep understanding of the industry, exceptional technology insight, and the ability to build trusted relationships with clients at the highest level. This has allowed him to expand our client base, establish new business relationships, and lead to outstanding performance.
Christoph Uferer is a true collaborator, dedicated and reliable, and has become an integral part of the TIME practice. He has been instrumental in building the "Technology Economics” Competence Center, and his contributions have been invaluable.
Christoph Uferer's functional consulting focus is on strategy design, technology assessment, and transaction support, with an emphasis on 5G, APIs, and B2B2x topics.
Network APIs: Unlocking the Potential of Advanced Connectivity
WHAT ARE NETWORK APIs? WHY DO THEY MATTER?
Cracking the B2B client-segmentation code
Many communications service providers (CSPs) struggle to extract value from information and communications technology (ICT). We believe this is strongly due in part to an obsolete business-to-business (B2B) customer-segmentation approach. In this Viewpoint, we propose a refreshed segmentation tactic that better positions telecom operators to capture the promising growth that ICT products and services can deliver.
IS THE ICT PROMISE ACHIEVABLE?
Most CSPs fail at capturing value from ICT market growth. But is this by nature? We think not.
Unlocking cross-industry value: Strategic ways to enhance data center power needs
AI has revolutionized industries worldwide, driving unprecedented growth in data center infrastructure. As organizations increasingly leverage AI to enhance decision-making, automate processes, and drive innovation, the demand for high-performance computing resources has surged, leading to significant challenges in managing power consumption and cooling needs within data centers. In this Viewpoint, we discuss how liquified natural gas (LNG) presents a sustainable option for optimizing consumption, maximizing data center value, and reducing cooling efforts.
A golden bullet or pandora’s box?
Rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has unlocked significant opportunities in the communications platform as a service (CPaaS) space, with those able to harness its potential poised to strategically differentiate. Leveraging GenAI facilitates dynamic solutions that offer context-specific experiences for end users — revolutionizing current offerings. But how should CPaaS players approach such an opportunity, and what are the impacts for the wider ecosystem?
From legacy to leading: Mastering large-scale it transformations
Communication service providers (CSPs) — especially standalone operators — tend to face serious roadblocks in the initial stage of IT transformations. Discussions about IT architecture and vendor options often lead to analysis paralysis, which hinders progress to the point where operators are unable to keep pace with industry evolution. This Viewpoint provides a blueprint for mastering large-scale IT transformations.
SCALING THE MOBILE PRIVATE NETWORKS OPPORTUNITY
The enterprise business segment has long been viewed as the context where mobile network operators (MNOs) realize significant returns in deploying 5G technology. Of particular interest is the deployment of mobile private networks (MPNs), dedicated to a particular enterprise and in effect serving as its local area network (LAN). MPNs unlock the potential of 5G for advanced connectivity, security, and enterprise autonomy.
CPAAS: Beyond the hype
As the communications-platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) hype fades, questions arise over where the industry will find future value. Two trends are coming to the fore. First, enterprise customers are starting to request features beyond application-to-person (A2P) and “best effort” legacy solutions to enable future omnichannel and 5G-based use cases like the metaverse. Second, classic CPaaS services are finding a new market for an ever-increasing savvy mid-market. Both trends are allowing operators to stamp their mark on the CPaaS industry.
Mobile network virtualization calls for operating model reconfiguration
VIRTUALIZATION ENTAILS CHANGES IN PROCUREMENT
Consolidation onset: How to sustain accelerated CPaaS value creation
With CPaaS market consolidation on the horizon, players must move from messaging toward AI and higher-value services
Closing in: The development of CPaaS towards a cohesive market structure
Communications platform as a service (CPaaS) allows businesses to develop and manage communications features without needing to develop and maintain the infrastructure on the back end of the service. CPaaS makes it easier than ever for companies to create differentiating customer communication experiences while promising to reduce costs and speed up innovation.
Time to accelerate growth
Virtualizing mobile networks
Telecoms operators and startups: Rethink and reinvent
Telecoms operators around the world are already engaging with startups in an attempt to benefit from their agility, execution speed and disruptive power. However, realizing tangible benefits and value from these initiatives has been a persistent challenge. Fundamental changes to current approaches are required to truly harness the innovative power of startups, young companies and digital upstarts: operators must rethink their business and operating models, reinvent their engagement models, and refresh their processes, governance mechanisms and cultures.
Monetizing investments in telecom network infrastructure
In an investment-driven industry such as telecommunications, optimizing investment decisions has always represented a key competitive advantage for operators. However, in a market characterized by stagnating growth rates and increasing competition, where many telecommunication companies are facing flat or even decreasing revenues, keeping up with the latest technologies in order to ensure differentiation and meet the increasing demands of interactive services becomes binding.
Integrated Mobility Platforms
Global trends towards urbanization are confronting cities and governments with new sets of challenges related to public safety and security, the supply and consumption of energy, waste treatment, and traffic management. In 2013 alone, the cost of congestion in the US – defined as fuel plus opportunity costs (time) – totaled 124bn USD. In metropolitan areas, smart mobility turns out to be one of the most difficult topics and, at the same time, one with the most impactful prospects to face.
Since joining in 2015, our Partner Christoph Uferer has consistently demonstrated his drive, high quality standards, and expertise. He has a deep understanding of the industry, exceptional technology insight, and the ability to build trusted relationships with clients at the highest level. This has allowed him to expand our client base, establish new business relationships, and lead to outstanding performance.
Christoph Uferer is a true collaborator, dedicated and reliable, and has become an integral part of the TIME practice. He has been instrumental in building the "Technology Economics” Competence Center, and his contributions have been invaluable.
Christoph Uferer's functional consulting focus is on strategy design, technology assessment, and transaction support, with an emphasis on 5G, APIs, and B2B2x topics.
Network APIs: Unlocking the Potential of Advanced Connectivity
WHAT ARE NETWORK APIs? WHY DO THEY MATTER?
Cracking the B2B client-segmentation code
Many communications service providers (CSPs) struggle to extract value from information and communications technology (ICT). We believe this is strongly due in part to an obsolete business-to-business (B2B) customer-segmentation approach. In this Viewpoint, we propose a refreshed segmentation tactic that better positions telecom operators to capture the promising growth that ICT products and services can deliver.
IS THE ICT PROMISE ACHIEVABLE?
Most CSPs fail at capturing value from ICT market growth. But is this by nature? We think not.
Unlocking cross-industry value: Strategic ways to enhance data center power needs
AI has revolutionized industries worldwide, driving unprecedented growth in data center infrastructure. As organizations increasingly leverage AI to enhance decision-making, automate processes, and drive innovation, the demand for high-performance computing resources has surged, leading to significant challenges in managing power consumption and cooling needs within data centers. In this Viewpoint, we discuss how liquified natural gas (LNG) presents a sustainable option for optimizing consumption, maximizing data center value, and reducing cooling efforts.
A golden bullet or pandora’s box?
Rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has unlocked significant opportunities in the communications platform as a service (CPaaS) space, with those able to harness its potential poised to strategically differentiate. Leveraging GenAI facilitates dynamic solutions that offer context-specific experiences for end users — revolutionizing current offerings. But how should CPaaS players approach such an opportunity, and what are the impacts for the wider ecosystem?
From legacy to leading: Mastering large-scale it transformations
Communication service providers (CSPs) — especially standalone operators — tend to face serious roadblocks in the initial stage of IT transformations. Discussions about IT architecture and vendor options often lead to analysis paralysis, which hinders progress to the point where operators are unable to keep pace with industry evolution. This Viewpoint provides a blueprint for mastering large-scale IT transformations.
SCALING THE MOBILE PRIVATE NETWORKS OPPORTUNITY
The enterprise business segment has long been viewed as the context where mobile network operators (MNOs) realize significant returns in deploying 5G technology. Of particular interest is the deployment of mobile private networks (MPNs), dedicated to a particular enterprise and in effect serving as its local area network (LAN). MPNs unlock the potential of 5G for advanced connectivity, security, and enterprise autonomy.
CPAAS: Beyond the hype
As the communications-platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) hype fades, questions arise over where the industry will find future value. Two trends are coming to the fore. First, enterprise customers are starting to request features beyond application-to-person (A2P) and “best effort” legacy solutions to enable future omnichannel and 5G-based use cases like the metaverse. Second, classic CPaaS services are finding a new market for an ever-increasing savvy mid-market. Both trends are allowing operators to stamp their mark on the CPaaS industry.
Mobile network virtualization calls for operating model reconfiguration
VIRTUALIZATION ENTAILS CHANGES IN PROCUREMENT
Consolidation onset: How to sustain accelerated CPaaS value creation
With CPaaS market consolidation on the horizon, players must move from messaging toward AI and higher-value services
Closing in: The development of CPaaS towards a cohesive market structure
Communications platform as a service (CPaaS) allows businesses to develop and manage communications features without needing to develop and maintain the infrastructure on the back end of the service. CPaaS makes it easier than ever for companies to create differentiating customer communication experiences while promising to reduce costs and speed up innovation.
Time to accelerate growth
Virtualizing mobile networks
Telecoms operators and startups: Rethink and reinvent
Telecoms operators around the world are already engaging with startups in an attempt to benefit from their agility, execution speed and disruptive power. However, realizing tangible benefits and value from these initiatives has been a persistent challenge. Fundamental changes to current approaches are required to truly harness the innovative power of startups, young companies and digital upstarts: operators must rethink their business and operating models, reinvent their engagement models, and refresh their processes, governance mechanisms and cultures.
Monetizing investments in telecom network infrastructure
In an investment-driven industry such as telecommunications, optimizing investment decisions has always represented a key competitive advantage for operators. However, in a market characterized by stagnating growth rates and increasing competition, where many telecommunication companies are facing flat or even decreasing revenues, keeping up with the latest technologies in order to ensure differentiation and meet the increasing demands of interactive services becomes binding.
Integrated Mobility Platforms
Global trends towards urbanization are confronting cities and governments with new sets of challenges related to public safety and security, the supply and consumption of energy, waste treatment, and traffic management. In 2013 alone, the cost of congestion in the US – defined as fuel plus opportunity costs (time) – totaled 124bn USD. In metropolitan areas, smart mobility turns out to be one of the most difficult topics and, at the same time, one with the most impactful prospects to face.
More About Christoph
- University of London, United KingdomMSc. in business innovation
- Vienna University of Business and Economics, AustriaBSc. in international business administration