The bar chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in Australia, divided into three categories, from 2001- 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should <

The bar chart compares the absolute quantity of

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used during local, national and international, and mobile phone calls in Australia. Years in focus are from 2001 to 2008 , and the

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are expressed in billions. Local call

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recorded a total of 72 million in 2001 , and

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figure marginally increased until its plateau of 90

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in 2005. Afterwards, it gradually decreased to the original figure of 72

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in 2008 National and International usage , which was at 38

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in 2001, indicated a steady rise over time. It is seen that the most obvious increments happened between 2005 to 2007, with no more than 5

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each year, and by 2008, it was 61 million units. The most significant change of all 3 happened with mobile call units. In 2001, it was only 2

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, which

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rose steadily until 2005 with 12

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, after which an exponential surge occurred

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the number of

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almost doubled to 23

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in 2006. The number of

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in the subsequent years continued to grow rapidly and was 46

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in 2008.