IDC: Windows Phone the second most popular in Latin America

Mobile phone users in Latin America have been very supportive of the operating system Windows Phone. While worldwide it accounts for a few percent of the market, remaining after the division of the pie between Android and iOS, that in those countries, according to IDC, it ranks second behind Android. And in the first quarter of this year, it was only the fourth position. However, over the past months, 12% of growth has to beat the competition. In Mexico, it ranks second for the second consecutive quarter, while in Peru and Colombia, she came to him in the current quarter. It is worth noting that in Colombia it accounts for one quarter of the market, more than 25%. Chile, Brazil and Argentina, the operating system from Microsoft is however only the third most popular. In this case, in Argentina, according to AdDuplex, more than half of all WP-smartphones - Nokia Lumia 710 / A quarter accounted for the Nokia Lumia 620, and a fifth - Nokia Lumia 900. According to Liliana Gonzalez (Liliana González), responsible for the development of Windows Phone in Latin America, the task for the current year (to occupy the position of number two) is made ​​ahead of time, initially in Microsoft hoped to achieve second place in rankings only by the end of the year.