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

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995 – 2002.
The diagram illustrates the amount of time spent by UK citizens,
according to
three different types of phone
call
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between 1995 and 2002.
It is clear that
calls made via local, fixed lines were the highest rate compared to others.
However
, there was an upward trend in using national/ international landlines and mobiles. A glance at the graph reveals that the
billion
minutes
of fixed-line were over 70
billion
for the local, and about half of that amount of time for national/ international calls
while
the figure was approximately 4
billion
for user mobiles in 1995. Over the following four years, the figure
of
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all
kind
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of phone calls increased steadily. By 1999, the number of
minutes
of using landlines hit the highest point
to
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90
billion
.
Subsequently
, the data for
this
category fell until the end of the period.
By contrast
, the other two types of phone
call
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continued to rise. The
minutes
of national/ international landline calls passed 60
billion
, and
also
using cell phones went up dramatically to around 45
billion
minutes
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number
  • minutes
  • telephone calls
  • UK
  • divided into
  • categories
  • from
  • to
  • overall
  • increased significantly
  • local fixed-line calls
  • accounted for
  • largest proportion
  • throughout
  • period
  • international calls
  • highest rate of growth
  • experiencing
  • sharp increase
  • national long-distance calls
  • remained relatively stable
  • slight decline
  • towards
  • end
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