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

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

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
The provided table illustrates the sum of minutes (in billions) of three diverse call types in the UK, namely local, national and international and mobiles, in 7 years from 1995 to 2002. In general ,it can be clearly seen that,
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the majority of UK citizens used local
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throughout the period, mobiles were the least popular. For National and international,
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all
calls number
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call numbers
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increased;
however
, the local figure stayed the same as it was
in
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the start.
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, as the graph shows, in 1995 the total minutes
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utilised
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line were approximately 72%, after that it rose gradually hitting a peak in 1999 and
then
declined steadily (90% and 72% respectively). In stark contrast, the
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of telephone calls made by mobiles soared from more or less 12% to 45% ( 1999-2002),
whereas
at the start of the
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it climbed marginally.
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, in 7 years the proportions of national and international call
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went up in small amounts, accounting for about 38% to 61%.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • telecommunications
  • landline
  • mobile phones
  • local calls
  • national and international calls
  • billion
  • minutes
  • growth
  • decrease
  • trend
  • fluctuate
  • overtake
  • peak
  • plummet
  • steady
  • significant
  • minor
  • chart
  • period
  • comparison
  • category
  • data
  • illustrate
  • reveal
  • indicate
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