The bar chart below shows the total numbers of minutes (in billion) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories from 1995 to 2002.
The bar chart illustrates how many
minutes
of telephone calls were made in 3 different types of categories between 1995-2002 in the UK.
Overall
, the local landline was the most popular category while
the least popular was the mobile phones during these 7 years. Furthermore
, the national and international fixed line and cellular phone minutes
experienced an upward trend.
In 1995, the local call minutes
were around 70 billion and it showed a gradual increase for the next 3 years. In 1999 it hit a peak of minutes
90. After that, the figure started to decline modesty until the end of the period to about 72 and it same as its starting value.
In terms of the national and international landline, the initial total minutes
were around 38 and it steadily grew throughout the given time period and in 2002 reported the highest at around 60. In comparison to the other 2 types, mobile usage was the lowest at the beginning but it rose steadily until 2000. It was approximately 25 and then
rocketed for the next year to just below 40. The figure's highest number was about 45 billion minutes
in 2002.Submitted by ranasinghenadeeshani07 on
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