advertisement

Motorola Solutions' Arlington Heights campus remains in limbo

Motorola Solutions Inc.'s campus in Arlington Heights will continue to remain in limbo as the Chinese government said Wednesday it will take longer to decide on the sale of Motorola's networks business to Nokia Siemens Networks.

The Schaumburg-based company said that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, China's antitrust authority, has extended its review period for up to an additional 60 days. Motorola Solutions said in a statement that it will continue to work with the Chinese government to pursue approval of the transaction.

Motorola Solutions said that it “remains committed to both its networks customers and employees and will continue to work diligently to close the transaction as soon as possible.”

“It's business as usual on the Arlington Heights campus until this closes,” said Motorola Solutions spokesman Nick Sweers.

Motorola agreed to sell its wireless network infrastructure business to the joint venture of Nokia Oyj and Siemens AG for $1.2 billion.

Last October, the Daily Herald broke the news that Nokia Siemens was expected to own and fully occupy Motorola's campus in Arlington Heights by early 2011, after Nokia completed its acquisition of Motorola's wireless network infrastructure assets. That transition didn't happen in time for Motorola Inc.'s split into two separate companies on Jan. 4.

In addition, Motorola Solutions has been blocked in its sale after Huawei Technologies Co., China's biggest maker of telecommunications network equipment, won a U.S. court order stopping the disclosure of some of its patents and trade secrets to Nokia Siemens. Motorola Solutions and its predecessor company, Motorola Inc., has been reselling Huawei products since 2000.