Italy - Early West European 5G-Adopter
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References Italy (All links opens in new window):
EXCESS MORTALITY Rate - Italy + other
Human Mortality Database (2024); World Mortality Dataset (2024); Karlinsky and Kobak (2021); Human Mortality Database (2024); World Mortality Database (2024) – processed by Our World in Data,
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores-average-baseline?country=~ITA
Denis G. Rancourt, Joseph Hickey, Christian Linard «Spatiotemporal variation of excess all-cause mortality in the world (125 countries) during the Covid period 2020-2023 regarding socio-economic factors and public-health and medical interventions» Correlation Research in the Public Interest, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (correlation report, page 347), Jul 19. 2024 (Aug 12. 2024),
https://correlation-canada.org/covid-excess-mortality-125-countries
EMRate - All Countries: EMRate-West (Apr 18, 2025) - - - EMRate-East (Jun 22, 2025)
It-Extra – «5G - Italy» European 5G Observatory (press release), (Apr 25. 2024),
https://5gobservatory.eu/country/italy/
It-1 - «Vodafone first operator to connect 5G phones to live network» Vodafone (press release), Feb 20, 2019 (Jun 10. 2026),
https://www.vodafone.com/news/newsroom/products/vodafone-completes-worlds-first-connection-of-5g-smartphones-to-its-network
It-2a-AI – Question «5G in Italy “April” 2019» Google AI (Answer), Jun 10, 2026 (Jun 10, 2026),
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It-2b-AI – Question «5G startups in Italy “february” 2020» Google AI (Answer), Jun 10, 2026 (Jun 10 2026),
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It-3 - Juan Pedro Tomás «Italian telcos get ready to reach more cities with 5G in 2020» RCR Wireless News (news article), Jan 6, 2020 (Mar 10. 2025),
https://www.rcrwireless.com/20200106/5g/italian-telcos-get-ready-reach-more-cities-5g-2020
It-4 - «TIM Launches 5G Services» Light Reading (TIM) (press release), Jul 8, 2019 (Jun 10. 2026),
https://www.lightreading.com/5g/tim-launches-5g-services
It-5 - Delay – Qdxiy «ITALY: STOP 5G MAYORS, HERE IS ITALY’S FIRST SUSPENSION ORDER.» 5G Exposed (news article), Jul 5, 2019 (Mar 25. 2024),
https://www.5gexposed.com/2019/07/05/italy-stop-5g-mayors-here-is-italys-first-suspension-order/
It-6 – Guy Daniels «How Vodafone Italy turned Milan into an extensive 5G testbed» 5G Evolution (news article), Jul 10, 2019 (jun 10. 2026),
https://www.5gexposed.com/2019/07/05/italy-stop-5g-mayors-here-is-italys-first-suspension-order/
It-7-AI – Question «Lombardy 5G 2019» Google AI (Answer), Jun 10, 2026 (Jun 10 2026),
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It-8-AI – Question «north to south 5G Expansion in Italy 202 map» Google AI (Answer), Jun 10, 2026 (Jun 10 2026),
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It-C19a - Emanuele Montomoli, Giovanni Apolone, Alessandro Manenti, Mattia Boeri, Paola Suatoni , Federica Sabia ,Alfonso Marchianò, Valentina Bollati, Ugo Pastorino and Gabriella Sozzi «Timeline of SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Italy: Results from an Independent Serological Retesting» MDPI (research report), Dec 30, 2021 (Aug 29. 2025),
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/1/61
It-C19b - Giuseppina La Rosa, Pamela Mancini, Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, Carolina Veneri, Marcello Iaconelli, Lucia Bonadonna, Luca Lucentini, Elisabetta Suffredini «SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in northern Italy since December 2019: Evidence from environmental monitoring» National Liberary of Medicine (research report), Aug 15, 2020 (Jun 10. 2026),
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7428442/#bb0045
It-C19c – Emiloio Parodi «WHO asks for re-checks of research on when coronavirus first surfaced in Italy» Reuters (News article), Jun 1, 2021 (Aug 10. 2025),
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-re-checks-research-when-coronavirus-first-surfaced-italy-2021-06-01/
It-C19-AI – Question «when was the first covid in Italy=September 2019» Google AI (Answer), Jun 10, 2026 (Jun 10 2026),
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It-C19-AI-b – Question «Worst regions hit by first wave Covid-19» Google AI (Answer), Jun 10, 2026 (Jun 10 2026),
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References International (All links opens in new window):
CHINA – Military Olympics and 5G
1 - SUMOC Executive Committe «7th CISM World Summer Games Wuhan 2019» CISM International Military Sports Council (publication), (Jul 7. 2025),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Military_World_Games
2 - «2019 Military World Games» Wikipedia (web page), (Jun 1. 2026),
https://www.milsport.one/news/cism-partners/china-mobile-becomes-the-partner-of-the-7th-cism-world-summer-games-wuhan-2019
3 - Li Xia «Wuhan Military World Games breaks records with new elements» Xinhuanet (news article), Oct 18, 2019 (Jun 1. 2026),
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5248329-us-service-members-covid-19-symptoms/
4 - Yurou «Central China province launches commercial 5G applications» Xinhuanet (news article), Oct 31, 2019 (Aug 29. 2025),
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/31/c_138517734.htm
CHINA – US C-19
4-C19 - Sarah Fortinsky «7 US service members had ‘COVID-19-like symptoms’ after 2019 Wuhan games: Pentagon report» The Hill (news article), Apr 14, 2025 (Jul 7. 2025),
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5248329-us-service-members-covid-19-symptoms/ PANDEMIC Simulation
INTERNATIONAL PANDEMIC SIMULATION
5 - Kirsten Salyer «Live Simulation Exercise to Prepare Public and Private Leaders for Pandemic Response» World Economic Forum (Press release), Oct 15. 2019 (Aug 29. 2025),
https://www.weforum.org/press/2019/10/live-simulation-exercise-to-prepare-public-and-private-leaders-for-pandemic-response/
NO DEVICES
6a - Madhurima Nag «Best 5G phones to buy in 2020» World Population Review (news article), Feb 3. 2020 (Feb 24. 2025),
https://thegadgetflow.com/blog/best-5g-phones-2020/
6b - Zaffareen Khan «5G Sunrise over Switzerland» Operator Watch (news article, blog), Mar 2. 2020 (Jan 17. 2025),
https://www.operatorwatch.com/2020/03/5g-sunrise-over-switzerland.html
GATES Foundation - C-19
7 - «Colloborating against Covid-19: a timeline» Gates Foundation (press release), (Aug 29. 2025),
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/a-timeline-of-gates-foundations-fight-against-covid-19
ICNIRP- 5G REGULATIONS - Mar 11. 2020
8 - ICNIRP - 5G «New Guidelines Released by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)» International Commission on NON-Ionizing Radiation Protection (press release), Mar 11, 2020 (May 27. 2026), https://www.icnirp.org/cms/upload/presentations/ICNIRP_Media_Release_110320.pdf
95 5G DEVICES - Apr 14. 2020
9 - «5G Devices April 2020: Global Ecosystem» Global mobile Suppliers Association “GSA” (report), Apr 21. 2020 (Feb 24. 2025),
https://gsacom.com/paper/5g-devices-april-2020-global-ecosystem/
WHO - Declares C-19 PANDEMIC - Mar 11. 2020
10 - WHO - C-19 «WHO Director-General´s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020» World Health Organization (press release), May 18, 2020 (May 27. 2026),
https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020
5G - FIRST PHASE
11 – 5G FIRST PHASE SUMMERIZE Editorial «What Is 5G? Where Is 5G Network Right Now?» robotics biz (press release), Mar 11, 2020 (Sep 10. 2025),
https://roboticsbiz.com/what-is-5g-where-is-5g-right-now/