The chart illustrates the total minutes that the British use telephone call between 1995 to 2002 in three types including Local - fixed line, national and international - fixed line, and mobiles.

The chart illustrates the total minutes that the British use telephone call between 1995 to 2002 in three types including Local - fixed line, national and international - fixed line, and mobiles.
The bar graph depicts the number of
minutes
a type of British telephone call was used in a 7-year
period
between 1995 to 2002.
Overall
, three different types of growth trends can be observed in all three types of telephone calls. Where the local were used the most
then
National & international
then
mobile telephone calls.
To begin
with,
firstly
, The local fixed line was observed to a steady incline reaching a plateau of 90
billion
from over 70
billion
minutes
in the first 4 years in 1995 to 1998, which later took a steady dip and reached back
to
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70
billion
minutes
in 2002.
Secondly
, national & international fixed line calls grew steadily throughout the seven-year
period
reaching 60
billion
starting from marginally close to 40
billion
minutes
.
Thirdly
, mobile calls rose gradually till 1998 from less
then
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5
billion
to close to 10
billion
after which exponential growth was observed in the later 4 years which reached over 40
billion
minutes
. In conclusion, national & international and mobiles grew steadily and exponentially respectively.
However
, local calls maintained 70
billion
minutes
in the 7-year
period
after up & down within
this
period
.
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