Vodafone strikes multiyear deal with Lenovo for IoT connectivity Vodafone has reached a multi-year deal with Chinese consumer electronics maker Lenovo to incorporate global IoT connectivity with embedded SIMs in the latter’s devices. The agreement between Vodafone’s international business division, and Lenovo’s connectivity management group will kick off in Spain during May 2023 with plans then to cover 40,000 devices including other European countries. Vodafone will provide a global IoT data SIM, to fit into each Lenovo device and integrate with an app. “To comply with country specific regulations, the two companies have focused on a local communications service model, overseen by a global IoT management platform,” said Vodafone. Initially, Vodafone Spain produced a customized version of the company’s IoT…