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

.