Italy and UK WP market share reach 13.9% and 5.9%, 50% growth in smartphones for Nokia in UK.

Figures from Kantar World Panel for December show continued growth for Windows Phone in Europe (except Germany).

Nokia’s shares of smartphones has increased 50% since last year in the UK,

Nokia is experiencing something of a turnaround in Britain with its smartphone sales share at 6.2% and actual sales growing by over 50% compared with last year

WP is now nipping at the heels of BlackBerry (stronghold in the UK), 6.4% vs 5.9%.

• UK: 2.2 to 5.9%
• Germany: 3.0 to 2.6%
• France: 3.7 to 4.1%
• Italy: 2.8 to 13.9%
• Spain: 0.4 to 1.8%
• US: 2.2 to 2.6%
• Australia: 1.9 to 2.8%

There are no before numbers for Urban China and Japan but they’re on 0.9 and o.8% respectively.

Sources: 1, 2, 3

Category: Lumia, Nokia