Reuters reports that Vodafone said it plans to invest about EUR1 billion (US$1.39 billion) to boost mobile broadband coverage in Italy over the next three to four years, as Italy pushes to expand access to high-speed Internet across the country. Under its plan, Vodafone will extend mobile broadband coverage to cover as many as 1000 Italian villages and towns over three years starting January 2011. About 1,800 Italian villages are estimated to lack access to high-speed Internet, it said.