Telecom BSS · Network API Monetization

Between the business
and the network.

Senior Solution Architect & Product Owner · Strategy & Business Development, 1&1

I turn commercial strategy into technical solutions — and network capability into revenue — with 20 years across telecom charging, billing and BSS.

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About

Translation, at a senior level

Twenty-plus years in telecom charging, billing and BSS across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Today I work in 1&1's Strategy & Business Development team, focused on the industry's fastest-growing frontier: exposing and monetizing network capabilities through GSMA Open Gateway and CAMARA. My work is translation — turning what the business wants into what the network can deliver, designed to TM Forum reference architecture so it stays interoperable and built to last.

Expertise

Where I add value

Network API Monetization

GSMA Open Gateway, CAMARA, Operator Platform Gateway and Network-as-a-Service.

Messaging & RCS/RBM

Rich Communication Services and RCS Business Messaging — implementation, upgrade and productization.

Trusted Calling & Anti-Fraud

Branded Call, Anti-Spam and Call Check — restoring identity and trust to voice.

IoT & Enterprise Connectivity

IoT services and Connectivity Management Platform (CMP) for enterprise customers.

BSS/OSS Architecture

End-to-end design to TM Forum Frameworx — eTOM, TAM, SID and Open Digital Architecture.

Charging & Billing

BSCS, CBiO / CS5, rating, mediation, interconnect and roaming.

5G, eSIM & Device Services

5G SA/NSA, VoLTE/VoNR, eSIM & Remote SIM Provisioning, Multi-SIM and entitlement.

Revenue Assurance

Leakage control across multiple operator projects, plus vendor governance (SLA/RFP/RFQ).

Strategy & Delivery

Aligning commercial and technical teams, shaping products and leading stakeholders to decisions.

Experience

Two decades, five continents of work

2024 — present

Senior Solution Architect & Product Owner · 1&1 (Strategy & BD)

Product owner across Open Gateway & API monetization, RCS/RBM messaging, trusted calling (Branded Call, Anti-Spam, Call Check), IoT & enterprise connectivity (CMP) and eSIM remote SIM provisioning — all designed to TM Forum standards.

2015 — 2024

Senior CBiO Expert · Asiacell (Ooredoo Group)

Owned end-to-end billing and charging for a national operator; led revenue assurance across multiple projects and vendor governance with CTO, finance and commercial teams.

2012 — 2015

Specialist CBiO Consultant · Ericsson

Led a 14-person test team through national CBiO go-lives; delivered data migration, operational handover and training.

2007 — 2012

Solution Architect · Alcatel-Lucent

International BSS projects — migrated 20M+ subscribers and cut a 100,000-customer bill run to a single day.

2004 — 2007

Application Support Engineer · MTN Syria

Led migration to BSCS and supported subscriber growth from 300K to 1.6M.

TOGAFPMPPMI-ACPAWS Solutions ArchitectTM Forum · ODALean Six Sigma

Published author

Connecting the Dots

The CSP Solution Architect’s Guide to APIs, Standards, Monetisation, and AI

The book follows one small network capability from deep inside a legacy monolith all the way out to a governed, monetised, AI-ready product — teaching every framework it passes: TOGAF, eTOM, SID, ODA, OpenAPI, 5G SBA, the NEF, CAMARA, Open Gateway and MCP. Thirty chapters, 26 mental models, and an honest chapter on why most transformations underdeliver.

“Frameworks can be taught in a week. Judgment is earned over a career.”

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Advisory

Exploring an advisory conversation?

I take on a small number of advisory discussions in telecom BSS, network API monetization, and GSMA Open Gateway / CAMARA strategy — from architecture direction to vendor evaluation. If you're working on something in this space, reach out and we can talk about whether it's a fit.

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Engagements are considered case by case, by discussion.

Contact

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ammar.aleid@gmail.com

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Based in

Düsseldorf, Germany