Motorola solutions and huawei issue joint statement

Chicago--(business wire)--motorola solutions, inc. (nyse: msi) and huawei technologies co., ltd. announced today that they have entered into an agreement to settle all pending litigation between the two parties pending the satisfaction of certain conditions. for its part, after further review of the matter, motorola solutions has agreed to withdraw its claims and dismiss, with prejudice, huawei as a defendant in the motorola v. lemko, et al. litigation pending in the chicago federal district court. for its part, huawei has agreed to withdraw its claims and dismiss, with prejudice, its lawsuit against motorola solutions and nokia siemens networks (nsn) in the chicago federal district court and to resolve its claims against motorola solutions and nsn by entering into an agreement that allows motorola solutions to transfer its commercial agreements with huawei to nsn for a fee, and allows nsn to receive and use huawei confidential information to service the networks motorola deployed worldwide using huawei’s products and technologies. in 2000, motorola and huawei entered into an important, successful commercial relationship during which motorola resold certain huawei products under the motorola name. over the next ten years, motorola purchased $880 million in technology from huawei that covered core networks and radio access networks. “we regret that these disputes have occurred between our two companies. motorola solutions values the long-standing relationship we have had with huawei. after reviewing the facts, we decided to resolve these matters and return to our traditional relationship of confidence and trust. i am pleased that we can again focus on having a cooperative and productive relationship,” said greg brown, president & ceo of motorola solutions. “throughout our decade long relationship with motorola solutions, huawei has contributed cutting edge technology to motorola solutions for use around the globe. huawei provided motorola’s experts and counsel with source code and millions of documents. huawei acted properly and above board at all times and developed its products independently and without the use of any motorola trade secrets. with the resolution of these cases, and the misunderstandings put to rest, huawei is pleased to move forward with its efforts to provide innovative solutions to its customers,” said guo ping, vice chairman of the board and executive vice president of huawei. about huawei huawei is a leading telecoms solutions provider serving 45 of the world’s top 50 telecom operators. huawei’s products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and support the communications needs of one third of the world’s population. the company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its customers. for more information, visit huawei online: www.huawei.com. follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/huaweipress and youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/huaweipress. about motorola solutions motorola solutions is a leading provider of mission-critical communication products and services for enterprise and government customers. through leading-edge innovation and communications technology, it is a global leader that enables its customers to be their best in the moments that matter. motorola solutions trades on the new york stock exchange under the ticker “msi.” for ongoing news, please visit our media center or subscribe to our news feed. forward looking statement this press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable federal securities laws. these statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the private securities litigation reform act of 1995 and generally include words such as "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "estimates", and similar expressions. we can give no assurance that any future results or events discussed in these statements will be achieved. any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this release. many of these risks and uncertainties cannot be controlled by motorola solutions and include, but are not limited to the satisfaction of the conditions to the settlement. a detailed description of other risks and uncertainties affecting motorola solutions is contained in item 1a of motorola solutions' 2010 annual report on form 10-k and in its other filings with the securities and exchange commission (sec). these filings are available for free on the sec's website at www.sec.gov and on motorola solutions' website at www.motorolasolutions.com. motorola solutions undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a 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