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

The graph illustrates the total

minutes

of consumption on telephone calls in three different categories, namely local-fixed

line

, national and international-fixed

line

and

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calls, in the UK, between 1995 and 2002.

Overall

, over the

7 years

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7-year

period,

although

local calls conserved their popularity,

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spending time on other calls

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an upward

trend

.

In particular

, using mobile phones increased significantly.

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the beginning, in 1995, using the phone which has

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line

for local communication was the most popular preference among

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,

just

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over 70

billion

minutes

and demonstrated an upward

trend

. Even though

this

trend

peaked in 1998 (at 90

billion

minutes

), there was a decrease over the next three years and the total number of

minutes

was almost equivalent

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value.

On the other hand

, national and international use of

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line

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had a significant value with 37

billion

minutes

and soared steadily about by 23

billion

minutes

,

this

upward

trend

is

also

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mobiles, especially, after 1999, using mobile phone for calls increased sharply from roughly 14 to 45

billion

minutes

.