Samsung, which recently overtook Motorola for second place in global handset sales, said it would not be acquiring its American rival's handset business, MocoNews reports.

Add Samsung to the pile with LG and Sony Ericsson as a list of companies that denied interest in the struggling handset manufacturer.

According to Reuters, which cited South Korea's Yonhap News, Samsung telecommunications unit chief Choi Gee-sung said there were too many "overlapping areas and little to gain." Plus, as MocoNews points out, Samsung is gaining market share without it

Motorola, for its part, is still "fully committed" to their handset business. We certainly hope so; as the largest handset vendor in the U.S., Motorola produces a lot of top-tier devices with the U.S. market in mind. If they're bought out, there's a good chance that whoever ends up with the handset division won't focus as hard on producing handsets that support U.S. networks.

Samsung Won't Buy Motorola Handset Unit Either [MocoNews]