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

This

bar chart compares the amount of time that people in Great Britain used different types of phone lines to make calls between 1995 and 2002.

Overall

, it can be noted that throughout the entire

period

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the fixed line for local calls was the most used, followed by the same type of phone line utilized for national and international calls.

Although

the category of mobile phones accounted for the lowest total number of

minutes

in the given time

period

, it is obvious that

this

segment of the telephone market experienced an exponential increase over time.

Further

analysis of the data reveals that British people increasingly used their fixed lines to make local calls in the first years of the

period

, reaching a peak of about 90

billion

minutes

in 1999.

However

, from the year 2000 on,

this

category gradually became less popular, dropping to just above 70

billion

minutes

in 2002. The number of

minutes

spent on landlines for national and international calls slowly rose each year,

although

the incline was rather modest with a figure of nearly 40

billion

minutes

in 1995 to slightly over 60

billlion

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billion

seven years later. Mobile phone usage almost tripled between 1999 and 2002, standing at approximately 45

billion

minutes

in the final year of the

period

.