Motorola and Huawei Hug It Out

Motorola Solutions and Huawei have settled their differences, putting an end to their dueling lawsuits and clearing the way for the transfer of Motorola’s telecom network equipment business to Nokia Siemens.

Huawei Looks To Turn Over a New Leaf With Concept Phone

Aiming to show that it can think creatively, China’s Huawei is unveiling a concept phone at a prominent design show in Milan.

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Coming to America: More Chinese Smartphones

Chinese smartphone makers are looking to move further into the U.S. market — aiming to supply low-cost phones to the top U.S. carriers. Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. already sell mobile devices in the U.S., but many of them are basic flip phones and mobile modems or are only for smaller prepaid-phone companies. The companies want that to change.

Ever Made a Wi-Fi Device? You Probably Just Got Sued.

Ever heard of Mosaid Technology? No? If you’re in the business of selling anything with a Wi-Fi connection, you either got sued today or are going to get sued eventually over patents claimed by this Canadian chip designer.

Huawei to U.S.: I'm Ready for My Examination, Doctor

Huawei has settled on a novel way of addressing its image problems in the United States: By inviting Washington to investigate its alleged ties to China’s People’s Liberation Army and rumors that it is a threat to national security.

Huawei! We're Suing Motorola!

Here’s a sinister little walk-up to the Motorolae’s first earnings report this week. Huawei Technologies is suing Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions, seeking to prevent them from transferring its intellectual property to Nokia Siemens, which purchased Motorola’s wireless network business last year for $1.2 billion.

Why Qualcomm Is Interested in Atheros [Updated]

What does Qualcomm see in a potential acquisition of Atheros? A way into wireless chip markets it has had trouble penetrating.

Four Other Companies Wanted Palm. Who Were They? Lenovo, Dell, Huawei and HTC?

Palm’s last-minute sale to Hewlett-Packard in April wasn’t nearly so last-minute or straightforward as it seemed. A new SEC filing from the company reveals that the buyout was the result of a process that began in February with a list of 24 potential acquirers that was subsequently winnowed down to 16 companies, then to five and finally to three. If HP is one of those five, who were the other four?

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Report: Nortel Mulling $1 Billion Offers for Various Assets

Nortel Networks, the once multibillion dollar telecom vendor now trading as a micro cap, may be considering offers of as much as $1 billion for its product portfolio of gear that lets phone companies string Ethernet networking to homes and businesses.

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