The chart below shows the total numbers of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories from 1995 to 2002.
The bar chart compares the total number of
minutes
spent on three kinds of telephone calls in the UK between 1995 and 2002: local fixed-line
, national and international fixed-line
, and mobile.
Overall
, it is clear that
spending on local fixed-line
calls was the highest over the eight years, while
mobile calls were the lowest. However
, mobile call minutes
saw a dramatic rise from 1995 to 2002.
Local fixed-line
calls experienced fluctuations over the eight years. In 1995, the figure was approximately 71 billion
minutes
, then
it gradually rose to 90 billion
minutes
at its peak in 1999. After that, it smoothly declined to around 71 billion
minutes
again in 2002.
When it comes to national and international fixed-line
calls, the figures consistently increased from 35 billion
minutes
in 1995 to 60 billion
minutes
in 2002. In addition
, the minutes
of mobile calls had a dramatic climb from 1 billion
minutes
in 1995 to around 45 billion
minutes
in 2002.Submitted by mikezhao223 on
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