Government policy, which will play an important role in the deployment of next-generation networks (NGNs), needs to be a blend of differentiated and converged regulations, according to an industry consultant.

NGNs essentially carry market models–both monopolistic and competitive–previously demonstrated in the telecommunications industry, Jonathan Dharmapalan, managing partner at Ernst & Young’s Global Telecommunications Center, said Wednesday at the Next-Generation Broadband Forum, held as part of imbX 2009.

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