Idea #5: Reducing Application Friction Points Progress Tactics changed: Conduct interviews with SMEs before convening workshop Completed Interviews: Carriers, Entrepreneur, Selected Vertical Tentative Friction related findings to date Future (Carrier) Network Interfaces and Certification of Applications that use them Platform Variation (Operating System and Underlying Hardware Capabilities) Dependence on a complete ecosystem of Open Source tools / building blocks Need for accessible common services (e.g., mapping, speech recognition, etc.) Economic Impact Reduction of friction is a critical step toward engendering innovation, economic development and significant job creation Next Steps Complete interviews (Academia, Entrepreneurs, Vertical Applications) Publish white paper with findings and possible items to advance this area Convene a workshop (multiple disciplines represented) with three objectives Confirm and complete the identified friction points (from the paper) Further detail specific actions to promote advances in this area Promote the existing, considerable, carrier activities to support application development and certification
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