Nokia Siemens Networks

Motorola's sale of its network-equipment division to Nokia Siemens Networks seems to have hit another hiccup. Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has won a preliminary U.S. court injunction against Motorola, a Huawei vendor, arguing that the deal would transfer confidential information to a competitor.

Nokia Siemens's planned acquisition of the bulk of Motorola's wireless-network business likely won't happen this year. Chinese regulators are still reviewing the deal, and Nokia Siemens now expects approval -- and the completion of the purchase -- will have to wait until the first quarter of 2011.

Nokia (NOK) shares dipped slightly in premarket trading on speculation that its joint venture with Siemens AG would make a bid for Motorola's networking equipment division. Nokia Siemens Networks is considering a $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion bid for the Motorola unit, as a means to bolster its...

A year ago, it would have been unthinkable. Two giants, Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson (ERIC) bickering over who could get the wireless assets of Nortel Networks, a struggling provider of telecom equipment. But this past weekend, that is exactly what happened. Nortel Network's wireless crown...