A US court has granted a request from Huawei, the Chinese telecoms equipment maker, to temporarily block the transfer of certain technology from Motorola to Nokia Siemens Networks.
The decision is set to further delay NSN’s $1.2bn acquisition of Motorola Solutions’ wireless telecommunications network business, a deal likely to create a stronger global competitor to Huawei.
Following a hearing on Monday night, the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered Motorola, its two separately listed units Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility “not to disclose any of [the] plaintiff’s confidential information to defendants Nokia Siemens Networks”.