Enhanced roaming services and converged carrier networks with device assisted services and a proxy

A wireless device configured to be communicatively coupled to a network system by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element corresponding to a network element destination, the wireless device comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive, from the network system, a device policy comprising a service usage activity classification and information identifying the network element destination;
• detect, using the device policy, wireless device traffic associated with a plurality of service activities;
• identify, using the device policy, one or more service activities of the plurality of service activities as being included in the service usage activity classification, the service usage activity classification comprising side information associated with the one or more identified service activities and collected on the one or more identified service activities;
• and
• direct or rout, using the device policy, the side information associated with the one or more identified service activities over the wireless access network based on the information identifying the network element destination.