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 given line chart illustrates the amount of time spent on three different telephone calls in the UK from 1995 to 2002.

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, we can see that two out of the three call types increased during the given period,

while

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the local line experienced a different pattern. The latter was

also

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used the most out of the three call types. From 1995 to 1999, the total

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of

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for local calls had risen up from 70

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minutes

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to 90, but

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this

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last

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year,

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figure dropped significantly to 75

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in 2002. Compared to the national and international calls, the

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of

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used to make phone calls almost doubled from 35

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in 1995 to 60

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in 2002. Moving on to the mobiles, even though the

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of

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was less than 10 at the beginning of the period, by 2002,

this

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figure had climbed to nearly 50

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minutes

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.

It is clear that

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the use of telephones for calls changed drastically during the 8-year period,

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, the biggest

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of people using them were locals.