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 presented bar chart gives information on telephone calls in the United Kingdom in 3 different categories, namely national and international, local and mobile over the period of 7 years from 1995 to 2002. The units are measured in
minutes
.
At the
first glance, Correct article usage
apply
it is clear that
local telephone calls in fixed lines comprised a higher percentage of all minutes
in comparison with others.
Turning to mobiles there is a noticeable improvement from approximately 2% in 1995 to nearly 25% in 2000. Moreover
, over a period of 2 years, this
point reached its apex with approximately 45%. National and international calls skyrocketed significantly year on year, from just 40 billion minutes
to 60 billion in 2002.
Minutes
spent on local calls in fixed lines comprised nearly 75% in 1995, remained stable in 1999 and reached its nadir with nearly 70 billion minutes
in the United Kingdom.Submitted by makemoneyizzy16 on
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