The chart below shows the total number of minutes in billion of telephone calls in the UK divided three categories from 1995 from 2002.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes in billion of telephone calls in the UK divided three categories from 1995 from 2002.
The bar chart illustrates minutes spent on telephone calls in the UK between 1995 and 2002 from three different call types.
Overall
, mobile and national and international calls continuously increased from 1995 to 2002.
On the other hand
,
although
local calls use the same fixed line as national and international, it was only inclined until 1999, before steadily decreasing its figures.
Nevertheless
, it remained the most used call type in the UK. Mobiles started in 1995 at around 3
billion
minutes,
then
they witnessed a huge jump in 2000 making it roughly 25
billion
and in 2001 by less than 40
billion
. Meanwhile, national and international calls began in 1995 at about 38
billion
and they steadily grew to 60
billion
in 2002.
However
, the local line statistic trend is different from the other two, in 1995 it already had the highest number just above 70
billion
, and reached its peak in 1999 at 90
billion
, before gradually decreasing to approximately 71
billion
in 2002.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Telecommunications
  • Long-distance calls
  • Local calls
  • International calls
  • Duration
  • Fluctuation
  • Incline/Decline
  • Significant
  • Trend
  • Statistical data
  • Billion
  • Minutes
  • Graph/chart interpretation
  • Incremental growth
  • Stabilize
  • Peak
  • Dip
  • Plummet
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