The chart below Shows the total number of minutes (billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

The bar chart gives information about the total

number

of

minutes

of UK

telephone

calls in three main categories (local, national and international and

mobiles

) between 1995 and 2002.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the highest

number

of UK

telephone

calls was allocated to local,

while

the lowest was that of

mobiles

.

In addition

, the

number

of

telephone

calls per minute in two categories, named

mobiles

and national and international increased,

while

that of local remained constant over 7 years. In 1995, the

figure

for

telephone

calls local stood first with about 73

billion

minutes

,

while

that for

mobiles

ranked

last

with approximately 3

billion

minutes

. By increasing years, the

figure

for all methods of

telephone

calls increased until 1999, in

this

year the

number

of local

telephone

calls peaked at 90

billion

minutes

,

then

it experienced a slight decrease to reach its initial

figure

. After 1999, the

number

of national and international

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mobiles

telephone

calls increased,

while

the increasing trend of

mobiles

was faster than the national and international trend.

At the end

of the period, the

figure

for

mobiles

had a significant difference from that for its initial with a narrow margin of 40

billion

minutes

, and the

figure

for national and international reached above 60

billion

minutes

.