The chart below shows the total number of minutes(in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided intot three categories , from 1995-2002 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar graph displays the data on the usage of telephone calls selected into 3 groups namely, local fixed line, national and international fixed line, and mobiles (all calls) in the UK from 1995 over 7 years. The statistics are given in a billion minutes.

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all indexes had experienced an upward trend. Considering the statistics

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Local fixed line,in 1995 it amounted to well over 70, which 4 years later increased to 90 and returned back to its previous level towards the end of the period. With respect to National and International fixed lines, from 1995 it had slowly increased from 36 and reached a peak within a 7-year period. As far as Mobiles is concerned, in succeeding years from 1995 the index surged steadily reaching almost 45 times higher result from 1. The initial impression from the chart is that the

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of minutes registered via mobiles was just under 1, which

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2005 soared reaching higher indicators from

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