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 and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates how many billion minutes were spent on three types of telephone calls by users in the UK from 1995 to 2002.

Overall

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, local calls were the most popular over the

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.

However

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, there was a rising trend in mobile

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calls and national and international

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calls

while

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local calls increased in the first four

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and

then

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decreased for the next four

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. In 1995, the local

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calls reached over 70

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the national and international calls were only below 40. Meanwhile, the usage of mobile calls was the least popular with only around 5. The number of local fixed lines was still rising from 1996 to 1998 until it culminated in 1999 with 90

then

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, its popularity started to go down until it closed at above 70 in 2002.

In contrast

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, the popularity of national and international calls and mobile phones constantly escalated over the

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with national and international calls being more popular than mobile

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calls. The figure for national and international calls slowly rose until it reached 60 in 2002.

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, the number of mobile calls increased significantly, doubled its number in 2000 from 22 to below 40 and

finally

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reached 45.