The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in millions) of telephone calls in Finland, divided into three categories, from 1995 – 2004.

The bar graph provides information about how many telephone calls which were divided into three categories were executed by Finland residents from 1995 to 2004.

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, there was a considerable increase in the total calls taken by mobiles and national and international landlines,

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the figures for local remained the same after 19 years.

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, the numbers of mobile calls were consistently the lowest ones,

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those of regional calls were invariably the highest ones throughout the period. At the beginning of the stage examined, 12

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local calls were made by Finland people, followed by a steady rise to its peak at over 16

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in 2001 before experiencing a significant decline to exactly 12 million in 2004.

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, the number of domestic and worldwide calls was 6

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in 1995, after which it continuously grew to 10

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at the end

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of the course. A similar change, but to a greater extent, can be seen in the data on mobile calls which was a marginal number in 1995 and fluctated slightly in the next 5 years to reach approximately 3

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. In the later of the interval, it witnessed a sharp growth to get nearly 10

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calls.