The graph below shows consumers' average annual expenditure on cell phone, national and international fixed-line services in America between 2001 and 2010.

This

graph depicts Americans’ yearly spending on cell

phones

,

national

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and national

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and international

fixed-line

services over 10 years.

Overall

,

while

money for cell

phones

witnessed an upward trend, the opposite could be seen in the national

fixed-line

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fixed line

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. Standing at 700

dollars

, the most spending was allocated to local landlines in 2001,

whereas

the least belonged to cell

phones

with only 200

dollars

which was less than one-third.

This

expenditure experienced a gradual decrease of 300

dollars

which was 350

dollars

less than the highest, from 2001 to 2010. ….

On the other hand

, the budget for mobile

phones

increased

then

surpassed the national fixed line at 500

dollars

in 2006 to reach 750

dollars

, the highest,

at the end

of the observed period. Strikingly, negligible growth was seen in spending on global

fixed-line

for 3 years

then

the figure remained stable at 300

dollars

, until 2010.

This

spending on international

fixed-line

services was the lowest over a decade.