These are the individuals who participated in the foundation meeting on 9 November 1999. The company name reflects their affiliation at the time of the meeting. The company names are the names as of that date. Given the historical nature of the data, no attempt is made to keep track of company name changes.
| Name | Company | |
| De Catelle | Gérard | Alcatel Bell |
| Roisin | Freddy | AMP |
| Gabriël | Paul | Barco Communication Systems |
| Follon | Jos | Belgacom |
| Van Ooteghem | José | Belgacom |
| Hendrickx | Alfons | BITT-UPITT (Belgacom) |
| Wirtgen | Jean | BITT-UPITT (Belgacom) |
| Cornez | Jacques | BITT-UPITT (Belgacom) |
| Bolle | Geneviève | Belgacom |
| Devroey | Georges | Consultant (Belgacom) |
| Lekens | Edouard | Ericsson |
| Vanhuffel | Christian | Fabrimetal-FABIT |
| Van Hoecke | Jan | Harmonic |
| Meel | Jan | Hoger Instituut Wetenschap en Kunst De Nayer |
| Romaen | Hans | KVIV-Technologisch Instituut |
| Lambert | Marc | Lucent Technologies |
| Vanderborght | Herman | NMBS Telecom |
| Vanbecelaere | Luc | Nortel Networks |
| De Wilde | Joannes | Raychem |
| Waeben | Paul | Seba Service |
| Van Hemeledonck | Walter | Siemens |
| Verbruggen | Marc | Telenet Operaties |
| Barel | Alain | VUB |
| Stevens | Chris | Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen |
| De Paepe | Jean-Pierre | Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen |
| Nihoul | Paul | UCL |