Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (DANTE) was a not-for-profit company that planned, buits and operated consecutive generations of the backbone network that interconnects the national research and education networks (NRENs) in Europe. The organisation was based in Cambridge, United Kingdom and was formed in 1993 as a limited liability company owned by Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne (RARE). Ownership was transferred to a number of NRENs and government agencies in 1994.