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

A glance at the bar chart provided reveals the percentage of calls made by telephones in the UK over the 8-year period. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it is evident that almost all data experienced an

up-ward

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trend,

while

the reverse pattern was true for

local-fixed

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line. A dramatic increase in the proportions of mobiles

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seen over the period of eight years. In terms of the local-fixed lines’ data, it started at over 70

billion

minutes in 1995, followingly , it elevated dramatically and topped at 90 after half a decade.

Subsequently

, there was a

steadily

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leveling-off

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witnessed in the telephones to the homogenous points in the first year. With regard to the national-international fixed line and

mobiles’

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information, there was a minimally uniform trend underwent in the others, except for the initial point and the growth level.

Whereas

the national-international fixed line increased consistently from approximately 40

billion

mintutes

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minutes

to merely 60

billion

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minutes

, the mobiles rose relentlessly from merely 5

billion

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minutes

to just 45

billion

minitutes

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minutes

. In 2002, the figure for mobile was

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times as much as itself in the previous eight years.