You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The line graphs below show the subscriptions to mobile and fixed phone lines in four different countries between 2005 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The line graphs below show the subscriptions to mobile and fixed phone lines in four different countries between 2005 and 2015.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Two graphs illustrate the numbers of people who used either mobile or fixed phone lines in four different states from 2005 to 2015.
Overall
, a mobile phone was far more popular than a fixed phone.
Moreover
, throughout almost all the years the biggest
number
of users was in the UK in both graphs. Despite
this
, the
number
of subscriptions in the UK for mobile phones after a modest rise in 2005 remained flat during the period (approximately 120000 individuals).
In contrast
, between 2005 and 2013 the
number
in Uruguay witnessed a surge from about 40000 to 170000 users. In 2009 the
number
in
this
country secured first place. A graph of India had a similar tendency, soaring in 2010 and hitting around 80000 people in 2014.
On the other hand
,
although
the
number
of fixed telephone subscriptions in the UK was the largest throughout the years, it decreased steadily from approximately 60000 to 53000 individuals. Meanwhile, the
number
of users in other countries stayed the same.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • subscriptions
  • mobile phone
  • fixed phone lines
  • trends
  • increases
  • decreases
  • comparisons
  • features
  • noticeable
  • patterns
  • socio-economic factors
  • technological advancements
  • anomalies
  • highest
  • lowest
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