“The bar graph shows the combined time spent in billions of
minutes
, on three different kinds of Use synonyms
phone
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a phone
the phone
call
in the United Kingdom, from 1995-2002.
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calls
Overall
, local calls were the most popular over the whole period, with national and international calls and calls on mobiles Linking Words
second
and Linking Words
third
respectively. Linking Words
However
, the number of Linking Words
minutes
spent on international and national calls and mobiles both increased over the period; with mobile Use synonyms
minutes
increasing dramatically, Use synonyms
thus
narrowing the gap between the three categories by 2002.
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Minutes
spent on local calls fluctuated over the time period, with just over 70 Use synonyms
billion
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minutes
in 1995, peaking at approximately 90 Use synonyms
billion
in 1999 and Use synonyms
then
steadily decreasing to just over 70 Linking Words
billion
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minutes
in 2002.
National and international calls increased steadily year on year, from just under 40 Use synonyms
billion
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minutes
in 1995 to a peak of just over 60 Use synonyms
billion
in 2002. Mobile Use synonyms
minutes
increased at a very rapid pace from approximately 3 Use synonyms
billion
in 1995 to around 45 Use synonyms
billion
in 2002. Mobile phone usage nearly doubled from approximately 22 Use synonyms
billion
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minutes
in 2000 to 40 Use synonyms
billion
in 2001.”Use synonyms