Telecom giant Vodafone Idea unveiled its latest innovation in digital security at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025 with the launch of Vi Protect, a comprehensive AI-powered safety initiative designed to shield consumers and enterprises from the growing threats of spam, scams, and cyber-attacks.Vi Protect consolidates all of Vi’s security measures under one umbrella, offering real-time protection across voice, SMS, and network infrastructure. At the heart of the announcement were two major additions.
AI-Powered Cyber Defense and Incident Response System: Designed to protect Vi’s core network and enterprise operations, this upgraded system uses agentic and generative AI to detect, analyze, and neutralize threats within an hour 70% faster and more accurately than previous models. It follows a five-step protocol including anomaly detection, contextual categorization, rapid data processing, suggestive intelligence, and human validation.
Vi Protect builds on existing safety features such as:
* Spam Filtering for SMS
* AI-Powered Threat Analysis integrated across DNS, SMS, and voice gateways
* Upcoming URL Protection to block phishing and malware links in real time
