Vision Net is increasing high-capacity network access in Bozeman, Mont., helping local businesses, research organizations, and institutions support evolving digital operations and AI-driven workloads. The launch of its Discovery Network follows Vision Net’s broader investment in next-generation network capabilities and AI infrastructure, including its introduction of the Mountain West region’s first 800Gb/s network.
By leveraging Ciena’s optical, routing & switching, and network control technologies, Vision Net is increasing capacity efficiently while giving customers access to more flexible, resilient, and high-performance connectivity options.
Bozeman has experienced a sustained period of growth, with an influx of new businesses and qualified workers, setting it as one of the fastest-growing technology-oriented markets in Montana. As the provider of Montana’s statewide fiber network, Vision Net is committed to supporting AI adoption in the region, now and into the future. With AI use cases quickly evolving and setting new connectivity requirements, Vision Net is strengthening its network to meet the capacity, performance, and resiliency that they need.
Powering high-capacity 800Gb/s connectivity with Ciena optical solutions
The deployment uses Ciena’s 6500 platform powered by WaveLogic technology to increase capacity efficiently, while Navigator Network Control Suite with Liquid Spectrum analytics helps Vision Net dynamically tune and scale services as customer needs evolve.
“With Ciena’s optical, routing & switching, and network control technologies, we can scale capacity more efficiently and respond faster to evolving customer needs,” said Rob Worden, President and CEO of Vision Net. “By meeting increasing AI-driven network demands, we’re helping customers access the performance, reliability, and route diversity they need today while positioning them for what comes next.”
Ciena services also supported design, staging, deployment, turnup, and testing, and continues to provide maintenance to help ensure network performance.
Additionally, Vision Net is utilizing Ciena’s routing and switching solutions, including the 5164 Router and 8110 Coherent Aggregation Router, in its network infrastructure to power the efficient provisioning of carrier-managed services.
The network supports both existing customer relationships and new business opportunities in the Bozeman market, enabling Vision Net to serve a broader mix of enterprise, research, technology, and carrier customers with growing bandwidth and AI connectivity requirements.
“As network demands become more stringent and bandwidth-intensive, fiber-rich regional service providers like Vision Net play a critical role in connecting businesses, institutions, and communities to the digital services they need,” said Worden. “Ciena's technology and services expertise are helping us build a more adaptive network capable of supporting the next generation of AI, cloud, and data-intensive applications. We’re helping to create a foundation that can scale as demand for AI-driven services continues to grow and evolve.”
By combining Vision Net’s regional fiber footprint and customer focus with Ciena’s high-performance networking technology and services expertise, the collaboration is enabling Vision Net to deliver more capacity, greater flexibility, and a stronger foundation for future digital demands.
For more details on the Ciena-Vision Net collaboration, please refer to this press release: https://www.ciena.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/vision-net-launches-montanas-ai-ready-network