For over a decade DANTE has been a prominent player in the provision of pan-European backbone network services to the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). For a comprehensive overview of DANTE's completed activities over the years, from the early days in 1993 up till now, you can now consult this Archive. Projects are grouped in six main categories:

• The organisation and management of pan-European Backbones: DANTE's core activity and 'raison d'être'.
       
• Regional Networks: connection to countries in the southern Mediterranean, Asia and Pacific regions
           
• Applications: projects and activities focussing on network Applications
    
• Technology: testing and experimenting with state-of-the art network technologies