The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billioin) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three catagories, from 1995-2002. Summarises the information by selection and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billioin) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three catagories, from 1995-2002.

Summarises the information by selection and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart provides information total amount of telephone calls in
minutes
in three subcategories: local-fixed line, national and international-fixed line, and mobile calls in the years between 1995 and 2002.
Overall
, the dominance of local-fixed type of calls is noticeable. The mobile mixed calls depicted the least amount of calls. In 1999, the local fixed line reached its peak which is approximately 90
billion
minutes
, and from that period
this
data decreased steadily to roughly 70
billion
minutes
in 2002. Mobile calls starting with about 5
billion
minutes
saw an increase. Certainly, in 2001
minutes
spent on
this
type of calls were considered well under 40
billion
.
Then
, slightly decreased to 45
billion
in 2002. National and international calls illustrated under 40
billion
at the start of these eight years. The only type of calls which soared gradually in
this
period was
this
one, which started with 35
billion
and in the end with approximately 60
billion
.
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