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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 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.
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 calls were the most common out of the three types throughout the period followed by national and international calls.
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, mobile calls were the least frequent. Local fixed-line calls started at just over 70
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minutes
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 in 1995, and it kept increasing steadily until it reached a peak of 90
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minutes
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 in 1999.
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 point, they started to drop annually to arrive at 70
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minutes
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 2002 similar to the beginning.
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, national and international fixed-line calls and
mobiles
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mobile
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 calls have similar trends of steadily increasing each year. National and international lines fixed line calls were almost 40
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minutes
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 in 1995, and they continued to rise until reaching 60
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minutes
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 of calls in 2001 and 2002 respectively.
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, mobile
phones
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 calls were the least used at around 5
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minutes
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 in 1995 and 1996. After that, they increased gradually until
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 achieved a high of 40
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minutes
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 in 2002.

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