The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words

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

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words
The chart provides information about the
number
of
minutes
consumed by people taking in three types of phones in the United Kingdom between 1995 and 2002.
Overall
, the
number
of calling
minutes
number
used through the local fixed line is the same after reaching the peak,
while
the time spent on both national and international fixed-line and mobiles increased dramatically in seven years. Looking in more detail, the graph illustrates that there was a significant rise in the local fixed line
minutes
number
from 1995 to 1999 reaching the peak of 90 billion
minutes
before falling by the same
number
of
minutes
in the
last
year
However
, the
number
of both national and international fixed lines and mobile lines went up.
For instance
, local and global fixed phones have constantly rocketed by approximately 2.5 billion
minutes
every year before remaining constant in the
last
year. Moving to mobile I had a remarkable 18-fold jump.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number of minutes
  • telephone calls
  • categories
  • local – fixed line
  • national and international – fixed line
  • mobiles
  • general trend
  • yearly totals
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • data
  • rise significantly
  • decline
  • steady increase
  • fluctuate
  • peak
  • exponential growth
  • over the period
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