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 comparison where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates how many each type of telephone calls was used in the UK between 1995 and 2002.

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, the most popular category was a local (fixed line) group in all given periods.

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of telephone calls by mobiles saw a dramatic increase, those of national and international fixed

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experienced a small growth. The ranking among these three categories remained the same throughout the given periods. In 1995, people called with others by using local fixed

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for more than 70

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minutes

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, making

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. The

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of local calls increased significantly, peaking at 90

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minutes

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in 1999 before dropping to just over 70

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minutes

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in the final year. Regardless of the decline,

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category remained the highest

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compared with other groups.

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the

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of mobiles used,

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, stood at under 10

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minutes

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, the figure showed a noticeable increase in popularity, growing to almost 50

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minutes

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in 2002.

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, people spent almost 40

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calling by national and international

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at the beginning. The

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of

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spent in

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category

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slightly went up to reach approximately 60

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minutes

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.

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,

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was still more than the

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of mobiles, making national and international

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the second most commonly used.