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,

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three different types of phone

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between 1995 and 2002.

It is clear that

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calls made via local, fixed lines were the highest rate compared to others.

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, there was an upward trend in using national/ international landlines and mobiles. A glance at the graph reveals that the

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of fixed-line were over 70

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for the local, and about half of that amount of time for national/ international calls

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the figure was approximately 4

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for user mobiles in 1995. Over the following four years, the figure

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of phone calls increased steadily. By 1999, the number of

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of using landlines hit the highest point

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90

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.

Subsequently

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, the data for

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category fell until the end of the period.

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, the other two types of phone

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continued to rise. The

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of national/ international landline calls passed 60

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, and

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using cell phones went up dramatically to around 45

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minutes

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