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 and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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 and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart gives information about how people called in the UK that divided three categories a 7-year period from 1995. The data
measured
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in billions for local, national, international and mobile calls.
Overall
,
it is clear that
there was a substantial increase
of
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national and international, mobile calls
between
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7 years.
However
, the index of local calls experienced
dramatic
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decline over the period shown. Looking at the details, the number of international and national calls was around 35 in 1995,
after
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increasing year by year, it reached
at
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peak of 60 in 2001 and 2002.
A steady
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growth was the case of the index of mobile phones from around 3 in 1999 till over 45 in 2002. In stark contrast, the index of local calls was just over 20 in 1995. After visible fluctuation
during
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7 years,
this
figure stagnated in 2002,
while
it possessed the leading position with 90 in 1999.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number of minutes
  • telephone calls
  • categories
  • local – fixed line
  • national and international – fixed line
  • mobiles
  • general trend
  • yearly totals
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • data
  • rise significantly
  • decline
  • steady increase
  • fluctuate
  • peak
  • exponential growth
  • over the period
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