Question: The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting a reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Image: ielts-writing-task-1-bar-chart-uk-telephone-calls

The bar chart illustrates telephone call

minutes

made by people in the United Kingdom using local-fixed

line

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lines

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, national and international-fixed

line

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lines

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and

mobiles

throughout the period from 1995 to 2002. The call

minutes

are measured in billions.

Overall

, it can be seen from the chart that the usage of local-fixed

line

type of calls was the highest among other types,

although

experiencing a sharp decline over time. The call

minutes

of national and

international-fixed

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international fixed

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line

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lines

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and

mobiles

witnessed an upward trend

comparing

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compared

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to the usage of

local-fixed

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local fixed

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lines experiencing a steady decrease

at the end

of the period.

To begin

, the

number

of

minutes

that

population

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the population

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talked over

local-fixed

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local fixed

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lines was 70 billion

minutes

, gradually increasing over the period and reaching a peak in 1999

to

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90 billion

minutes

. After 1999, the

number

of

minutes

plummeted to approximately 70 billion

minutes

until the end of 2002. On the other, the

number

of

minutes

calling from national and

international-fixed

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international fixed

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line

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lines

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and

mobiles

saw an exponential increase over time. People started

from

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apply

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talking

around

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at around

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40% gradually reaching

to

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apply

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over

the

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half in 5 years, and hitting 60% in 2002. The

number

of

minutes

over

mobiles

started from the lowest point and steadily

increasing

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increased

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to one quarter in 2000, and

reaching to

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reached

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nearly 50% in 2002.