Press Release Nokia recognized with IEEE Milestone Award for ADSL breakthrough, enabling the evolution from 1 Mbps to 100 Gbps broadband IEEE honors Nokia with a prestigious Milestone Award for its introduction of ADSL in the 1990s, a breakthrough innovation that marked the beginning of the broadband era for 1 billion people.ADSL joins an impressive list of IEEE Milestone-recognized breakthroughs, including Maxwell’s equations, the transatlantic cable, and the Compact Disc.30 years later, Nokia continues to ...