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

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of telephone calls were made in different types of categories between 1995 to 2002 in the UK.

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, the local landline was the most popular category

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the least was the mobile phones during these 7 years.

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, the national and international fixed line and cell phone

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experienced an upward trend. In 1995, the local call

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were 70 billion and it showed a gradual increase for the next 3 years. In 1999, it hit a peak of

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of 90 billion. After that, the figures started having a decline until the end of the period to 72 and it was the same as its starting value. In terms of the national and international landline, the initial total

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were roughly 38 and its values steadily grew throughout the time period and in 2002 reported the highest at nearly 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

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rocketed for the next year to below 40. The figure’s highest number was close to 45 billion

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in 2002.