Microsoft: Windows Phone now the number two mobile OS in Latin America

While the Windows Phone platform is still struggling in the US to gain market share, its growth is accelerating in other parts of the world. Today, Microsoft announced that, according to a report from IDC, Windows Phone is currently the second most widely used mobile OS in all of Latin America.

Microsoft's press release states that in the second quarter of 2013, IDC showed an overall 12 percent growth in Latin American for Windows Phone. It was the number two mobile OS in the countries of Mexico, Peru, and Columbia. In fact, the percentage of Colombian Windows Phone owners is up to 25.6 percent of all smartphone users. Other Latin American countries like Argentina, Chile and Brazil, show Windows Phone in third place.