Vodafone offers small businesses cybersecurity, AI capability with Google tie-up

Source: CNA
Published on: 2026-04-21 23:16

LONDON, April 22 : European mobile and broadband operator Vodafone said it would offer its small business customers advanced cybersecurity and agentic AI through its $1 billion strategic tie-up with Google Cloud agreed in October 2024. The security product will be a managed detection and response service enabled by Google Security Operations designed to protect small businesses from increasingly frequent and sophisticated cyber threats, Vodafone said on Wednesday. It will launch in Germany, in compliance with the region's stringent data protection standards, before rolling out across additional European markets later this year, it said. The agentic AI product - Vodafone Business AI Concierge with Google Gemini - is designed to engage with a small business's customers to answer inquiries and book appointments, it said. It will initially be available in Greece and Germany, Vodafone sai...

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