MCNC, a privately owned company headquartered in the United States, was founded in 1980 and employs approximately 160 individuals. Functioning as a technology nonprofit, MCNC builds, owns, and operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), which has served research, education, non-profit health care, public safety, libraries, and other community institutions with Internet connectivity and related services for more than 30 years. NCREN serves as the fundamental broadband infrastructure for 750 of these institutions, including K-20 education in North Carolina. Leveraging NCREN as a middle-mile fiber network, MCNC customizes Internet services and applications for each customer while supporting private service providers in bringing cost-efficient connectivity to rural and underserved communities in North Carolina.
