1. A method, comprising: storing, in a centralized policy storage abstraction, a first policy relating to an internet protocol flow based services and a second policy relating to a non internet protocol flow based services; managing the first policy and the second policy via a common management framework; receiving a request for a service in a communications network; handling the request for the service based on policy information retrieved from the centralized policy storage abstraction; and exchanging a portion of the policy information with a disparate communications network for managing a converged service.