Claranet is a business which provides network, hosting and managed application services in the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands (Benelux), Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil.

Charles Nasser founded the ISP in 1996[1] and by 1999 had 150,000 subscribers.

[2] Claranet has grown its business through a number of acquisitions, including Netscalibur in 2003,[3][4] via net.works uk in 2004[5][6] and in 2005 Amen Group, via net.works Europe and Artful.

[9] The company has annualised revenues of circa £375 million, over 6,500 customers and over 2,200 employees.

In 2017 Claranet acquired French company Oxalide and ITEN Solutions.