A National Research and Education Network (NREN) is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within any country.It is usually distinguished by support for a high-speed backbone network, often offering dedicated channels for individual research projects.

Pakistan Education & Research Network is the only research and education network of Pakistan, serving Nationwide Unviersities with facilities of Intranet,Internet, Video Conferencing and VoIP.