(Telecompaper) Vodafone Italia has officially inaugurated its project to test 5G technologies via the 3.6-3.8 GHz band in the city of Milan. At an event held in the Palazzo Marino city hall and attended by mayor Giuseppe Sala and Italy's undersecretary for economic development in charge of telecommunications Antonello Giacomelli, the company's CEO Aldo Bisio said Vodafone will be working with a total of 28 partners on the EUR 90 million trial to test the full potential of 5G. The network will cover 80 percent of the city and surrounding metropolitan areas by the end of next year and 100 percent by 2019.