IS427:AY1314T1 Europe (G1) - Organizations: Ghent: Comsof
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About Comsof
Started in 1998 as a spin-off company of the internationally recognised Department of Information Technology (Intec) of Ghent University, Comsof keeps in close touch with the state-of-the-art in ICT.
The success of Comsof is based on a team of highly-skilled professionals who combine an extensive technological knowledge concerning telecommunications, computer networking and multimedia with a broad experience in software development.
Based on its flexibility and experience, the Comsof team consistently delivers on schedule innovative, cost-effective solutions for your complex ICT problems. Providing state-of-the-art solutions in its many projects, Comsof has proven to deliver substantial customer value. We are committed to provide our customers with advanced and dedicated solutions based on innovative and best-in-class software development, which is consistently designed with a strong focus on the client specific needs.
Founders
Raf Meersman
- Chief Executive Officer of Comsof
- Chief Technology Officer of Comsof
- Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Master in Electrotechnical Engineer & Telecommunications
Luc De Heyn
- Business Development Engineer of Comsof
- Master in Photonics Engineering
Fiber Industry - FTTX Network
Fiber to the x (FTTX) is a generic term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide all or part of the local loop used for last mile telecommunications.
Most common FTTX configurations are FTTB (fiber-to-the-building) FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) FTTD (fiber-to-the-desktop)
Products
Comsof only has two products: one is FiberPlanIT and the other one is INCA.
FiberPlanIT
FiberPlanIT is a powerful software to simplify the planning of FTTX networks and optimize the network performance. Use FiberPlanIT’s unrivaled flexibility to quickly evaluate different scenarios, selecting between numerous technologies and components. Users can therefore quantify the impact of your design choices on deployment and operational costs, selecting the most effective design strategy.
INCA
INCA simplifies the cost modelling for telecom operators and regulators. It is to simulate the cost modeling to reduce the cost of implementing fiber networks.
More Information
You can download our Comsof Company Presentation Slides here.
Presented By: Shao Qi | Edmund
On the 23rd of November 2012, Mr. Gil Hwan-young, the 20th President & CEO of KBS, took office and began his three-year term. He was appointed by the President of Korea, Lee Myung-bak, on the recommendation of the KBS Board of Governors. Mr.Gil I sthe first KBS President to be appointed while holding an executive position at KBS.
Background:
- Joined KBS in 1981 as a TV producer
Held key positions including:
- Executive Vice President
- Managing Director, Television
- Executive Director, Documentaries & Current Affairs
- Executive Director, KBS Daejeon
- Executive Director, Programming & Planning
- Executive Director, Program Commissioning
New vision
- KBS should re-organize itself to produce creative content to break through the financial crisis that has started to have a constricting effect on the broadcasting industry
- KBS must take initiatives in constructing the best possible digital broadcasting environment for the audience through such initiatives as N-Screen.
- KBS is the key public service broadcaster of Korea and communication channel for diverse voices and opinions, yet Mr. Gil also pledged that he would help regional stations become local hubs for cultural development and bridge the information divide
Actively responded to changes in broadcasting environments, dramatically reinforce audience service, and raised the efficiency of the operation of manpower by incorporating the existing 21 occupation types into 11 unified ones.
Achieved a net profit of 43.4 billion won by streamlining the management including a plan for self-help, and expanding new income sources such as the sales of content and eliminating waste.
Highlights:
Audience and content-oriented reorganization
- Under the goal, “The takeoff for becoming the world’s public broadcasting company by 2014” , KBS executed the largest reorganization in June 2010: become audience-oriented organization, establish a new content production process and enhanced synergy effects through incorporating the function of new media, technologies and IT.
Enhancing the efficiency in the operation of manpower to actively respond to changes in circumstances
- Incorporated 21 occupation types into 11 unified ones, including an incorporation of producer and reporter into the occupation type of a broadcast journalist
- Expanded the flexibility of managing manpower by repositioning it to establish the reporter-PD cooperative system
- Streamlined management, raised license fees, enhanced the efficiency of manpower management by outsourcing non-core business
Systematic management of the planning and execution of budget
- The efficiency and transparency of the management of labor costs has been improved by abolishing fitness expenses and health and human service expenses, improving the basic pay-oriented payment system, abolishing special bonuses and reaching an agreement on the freezing of wages for 2010.
- Achieved an advertising income of 588.7 billion won, a 68.4 billion won (13.1 percent) increase from the previous year and license fee income of 568.9 billion won, 11.4 billion won increase from last year
- Planned its budget that focuses on core strategic projects: production of high-quality programs and public duty projects including elimination of waste through the monthly budget allocation management system
Establishing win-win labor-management relations
- Drew outstanding agreements regarding reducing the number of persons transferred, abolishing the special bonus and freezing wages while improving the wage structure through continuous conversation between labor and management
- Agreed to participate in social contribution activities for the underserved in our society
- Established win-win labor-management relations by announcing “The labor-management joint declaration on the actualization of license fees and the reinforcement of fair broadcasting” with regard to broadcast fairness, the reinforcement of independence and the implementation of self-help efforts
Reinforcing competitiveness in contents business
- Contents sales business: achieved sales of 95.4 billion won, 18 percent up from the goal of 80.8 billion won by successfully selling content in Japan, Taiwan and other Southeast Asian countries
- New media: provided KBOS contents to many platforms, including the provision of various services for mobile devices
- Established online business foundations both at home and abroad by making efforts to secure copyrights and enhancing the competitiveness of KBS content business by submitting the trademark application for the KBS brand in Asian counties
Reinforcing free universal service
- Secure rights to watch digital broadcasts for the underserved in our society
- Implemented the project for improvement of reception environments to resolve the issue of poor digital reception
- Established a nonprofit foundation “Digital Watching 100% Foundation” to fortify free universal service
Engages in multilateral exchanges and cooperation projects with broadcasters and media organizations overseas
Multilateral Cooperation with overseas Broadcasters
- Signed cooperation agreements with > 50 broadcasters overseas to maintain close partnership in program and personnel exchanges
Internationally Recognized KBS Programs
- In various international awards for creativity and quality: ABU Grand Prize for best documentary, Golden Prize at the New York Festival, Peabody Award for best children and youth drama, grand prix at the International Grand Prix for Radio Documentaries (URTI) in France
International Joint Productions
- Participated in international joint productions: the 11th Korea-China Song Festival with China’s CCTV in Qingdao, China and the ABU Robocon and ABU joint production campaigns
Continuous Support for Overseas Koreans
- Vamped up exchange and cooperation projects with 57 ethnic Korean broadcasting stations in 11 nations
- Helped them build up their production capacity through various training programs.
