Local management and control of remotely subscribed wireless communication devices

A method comprising:

• a mobility gateway receiving a first authentication request from a first wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the mobility gateway is in a local network, and wherein the first WCD is served by a first wireless coverage area that is defined using a first carrier frequency, wherein the first carrier frequency is associated with a first wireless operator;
• in response to receiving the first authentication request, (i) remotely authenticating the first WCD by communicating with a first subscriber database of the first wireless operator, and (ii) locally authenticating the first WCD by determining that a first WCD identifier of the first WCD is present in a local database at the mobility gateway;
• the mobility gateway receiving a second authentication request from a second WCD, wherein the second WCD is served by a second wireless coverage area that is defined using a second carrier frequency, wherein the second carrier frequency is associated with a second wireless operator;
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• in response to receiving the second authentication request, (i) remotely authenticating the second WCD by communicating with a second subscriber database of the second wireless operator, and (ii) locally authenticating the second WCD by determining that a second WCD identifier of the second WCD is present in the local database.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first authentication request from a first wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the computing device is in a local network, and wherein the first WCD is served by a first wireless coverage area that is defined using a first carrier frequency, wherein the first carrier frequency is associated with a first wireless operator;
• in response to receiving the first authentication request, (i) remotely authenticating the first WCD by communicating with a first subscriber database of the first wireless operator, and (ii) locally authenticating the first WCD by determining that a first WCD identifier of the first WCD is present in a local database at the computing device;
• receiving a second authentication request from a second WCD, wherein the second WCD is served by a second wireless coverage area that is defined using a second carrier frequency, wherein the second carrier frequency is associated with a second wireless operator;
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• in response to receiving the second authentication request, (i) remotely authenticating the second WCD by communicating with a second subscriber database of the second wireless operator, and (ii) locally authenticating the second WCD by determining that a second WCD identifier of the second WCD is present in the local database.