The numbers come from comScore, which states that Android's share increased by 4% in the period.
This places it just behind Microsoft's 13.2%, which experienced a drop of 1.9%.
The growth of Android appears to be at the expense of the other mobile operating systems. Market leaders BlackBerry (41.7% share) and Apple (24.4%) both saw their share decline slightly in the period - by 0.4% and 1% respectively.
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