US government agencies charged with reviewing sensitive acquisitions are engaged in a debate over how to handle Huawei, the Chinese software and telecoms equipment-maker viewed with deep scepticism by government security experts.
Last week, Huawei narrowly lost a bid to take over 2Wire, a privately-held US maker of broadband internet software that was ultimately acquired by Pace of the UK for $475m, even though Huawei offered more than its rival, according to people familiar with the matter.
This month, the Chinese company was also on the losing end of a bid for Motorola's mobile network infrastructure unit, which was bought by Nokia Siemens for $1.2bn.