Windows Phone is set to be a solid third contender in the European mobile marketplace at least, as the market share sits at 5.0% as of September of this year, which is a 31.6% increase from the same time period last year. During this same period, BlackBerry marketshare fell from 12.2% down to 6.4%. These stats are taken from the Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for Europe.
Windows is making steady progress in the big European economies and is now challenging BlackBerry for third spot in the European OS league. With the momentum Windows 8 will bring towards the end of 2012, it seems highly likely that it will achieve this before the end of the year.
Several new Windows Phone handsets will hit the market this year, while BlackBerry’s new handset will not be available until sometime in 2013.
[via Mobile Today]