The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the total
number
of minutes
of telephone calls which were made in the UK, based on three categories over a period
of 7 years from 1995-2002. Units are measured in billions of minutes
.
Overall
, it can be noted that the number
of minutes
spent on local-fixed lines
fluctuated over the given period
, while
for national and international-fixed lines
and mobile (all calls), they went up. Furthermore
, the most popular method of communication in Britain was via local - fixed lines
.
With regards to calls made by local - fixed lines
, it started with more than 70 billion
minutes
in the first year after which it increased gradually reaching a peak of 90 billion
minutes
in 1999. Following that, it went down steadily standing at the exact number
of minutes
in 1995.
On the other hand
, the number
of minutes
of telephone calls made via national and international fixed lines
began at less than 40 billion
minutes
at the beginning of the period
and there was a steady climb reaching the highest point in the final year, accounting for precisely 50 billion
minutes
. Similarly
, the minutes
spent on call through mobile calls increased by around eight times from approximately 4 billion
minutes
to somewhere around 45 billion
minutes
at the end
of the period
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