(Telecompaper) The availability of next-generation broadband access services (VDSL, VDSL2 vectoring, Docsis 3.0, Dcosis 3.1 and FTTP) in the EU reached 85.5 percent of households by mid-2019, according to an update on progress toward reaching broadband coverage objectives published by the European Commission. NGA coverage has risen by 3.3 percentage points, or 7.3 million additional households, compared to the end of June 2018, meaning 191 million households had access to next generation broadband in mid-2019.