Carrier Wi-Fi® technologies are playing an ever more important role in the mobile broadband strategies of telecom operators, including fixed operators, multiple service operators (MSOs), mobile network operators (MNOs), mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and converged operators. Wi-Fi usage and the number of Wi-Fi access points are rapidly increasing and a range of carrier Wi-Fi market applications beyond hotspots is emerging. Operators are looking for new service revenues and a competitive advantage by leveraging unlicensed Wi-Fi as an access technology and integrating carrier Wi-Fi applications into a common Wi-Fi core with carrier-grade infrastructure and systems.