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==Background==
Frans first became involved in the Internet in January, 1995, through one of the first Belgian [[ISP]]'s, [http://www.hookon.be HookOn]. He structured the organization and took care of the daily management. 

In 1997, he was one of the founders of the Belgian [http://www.xs4all.be XS4ALL Internet NV], daughter of the Dutch [http://www.xs4all.nl XS4ALL Internet BV], an [[ISP]] with a focus on small and medium sized enterprises. He worked as its CEO for 3.5 years. Meanwhile, in December 1998, [http://www.xs4all.nl XS4ALL] became a subsidiary of the Dutch Telecom operator [http://www.kpn.nl KPN].

The Federation of Belgian ISP's [http://www.ispa.be ISPA] asked him to join the board in 1999. In 2000, he was elected as Vice-President, a position he held until the moment he left [http://www.xs4all.be XS4ALL] in July.

By the end of 2000, he started offering his services as independent strategic consultant at different major Belgian and international Internet and telecom investment companies. Beginning in 2001, he supported [http://www.cbel.com CBel] with the launch of the housing and co-location project Rack66. In 2002, he was co-founder of the Belgian Internet Broadband Applications Platform [http://www.biba.be BIBA], which began as an initiative of the Belgian Ministry of Telecommunications, with the main goal to foster broadband development in Belgium. In September, 2003, he was elected secretary.

In 2003, he co-founded [http://www.eusip.com EUSIP bvba], which continued the housing & hosting project Rack66 as an independent company. [http://www.eusip.com EUSIP bvba] is an official Registrar of [http://www.ripe.net RIPE], the Belgian [[ccTLD]] [http://www.dns.be .be], the European [[TLD]] [http://www.eurid.eu .eu], and the Dutch [[ccTLD]] [http://www.sidn.nl .nl].

Frans then co-founded [http://www.networx.be NWX Projex LTD] that offers website engineering and Internet based application development.

September, 2006, Mr. Gerbosch was asked to become a non-executive director of [[WiMax]] Europe, which is located in Ireland.

December, 2006, Frans joined the [[Registrar]]-Forum of the Belgian [[ccTLD]] [http://www.dns.be .be].

March, 2007, he was elected as a member of the Advisory Board of [http://www.pir.org PIR], the Public Interest Registry, and reserve member of the [http://www.eurid.eu .eu] Council of Conduct. He served the Advisory Board till 2015.

May, 2007, Frans co-founded [http://www.oxopia.com Oxopia NV]. 

In July 2007, he decided to join the board of [http://www.vadro.be Vadro NV], a Belgian videoproduction company. He left this company 2009.

November, 2007, he was asked to join the Belgian chapter of the [[OpenDocSociety]].

November 2014 he founded with his friend Yves Stouten, [http://smarttouch.be/ Smarttouch], that brings Point of Sales solutions to the Belgian market.