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

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of minutes spent on telephone calls in the UK related to three different tools from 1995 to 2004.

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,

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of minutes related to local-landline decreased over the period, these figures for national and international lines and mobiles increased.

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with, between 1995 and 2001, the

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of minutes for local-landline increased sharply to reach the peak at just over 16000 in 2001,

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it continued to decline to finish at just under 12000 in 2004. Turning to other tools, in 1995,

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international and national lines began at just under 6000,

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for mobiles was of minor significance. After that, they both followed to go up to reach the same amount

at the end

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of the period, just around 10000 for both devices.