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 given line chart illustrates the amount of time spent on telephone calls in the United Kingdom in three different categories: local calls, national and international calls (both made via fixed lines), and calls made by mobiles between 1995 and 2002. The unit is based on billions of

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, there was a significant increase in operations by mobiles through the years, and people started to take an interest in it more and more.

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, a gradual increase was observed in calls between states.

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, there was a rapid decline in the use of fixed lines for local calls after 1999. In 1995, even though mobiles had existed back

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, fewer than 5 billion

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were spent on them. It could be because of a number of reasons,

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as improvements in technology or mobile phones becoming more user-friendly, so more individuals prefer

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means of communication, and the time spent on it has grown by 9 times and reached almost 45 billion

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in 2002.

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, for local calls, at

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Britain spent just more than 70 billion

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on local calls in 1995. The number of

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climbed moderately and hit a peak at 90 in 1999. Afterwards, the

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dropped sharply to barely above 70 in 2002.