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 chart shows the time spent by UK residents on different types of telephone calls between 1995 and 2002. Local

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calls were the highest throughout the period, rising from 72

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minutes in 1995 to just under 90

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in 1998. After peaking at 90

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the following year, these calls had fallen back to the 1995 figure by 2002. National and international fixed line calls grew steadily from 38

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to 61

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at the end

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of the period in question, though the growth slowed over the

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two years. There was a dramatic increase in mobile calls from 2

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to 46

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minutes.

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rise was particularly noticeable between 1999 and 2002, during which time the use of mobile phones tripled.

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local fixed line calls were still the most popular in 2002, the gap between the three categories had narrowed considerably over the second half of the period in question.