The bar chart illustrates the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories: local - fixed line, national and international - fixed line, and mobiles (all calls), from 1995 to 2002.

The given logical bar graph provides the information on telephone calls, in the UK categorised into three call types, between 1995 and 2002. Figures are given in billions of minutes. Looking from an

overall

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perspective, it is evident that the number of

local-fixed line

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local fixed-line

calls decreased dramatically

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over the period,

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the other two types of calls increased over the given period.

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, local fixed calls stood at over 70,

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for the largest rate at the beginning,

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it showed a considerable increase to 90 in 1998 and 1999. More pathetically,

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it was followed by a downward trend, which led to

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to 80 and the same as the beginning, in 2001 and 2002 respectively. More interestingly, national and

international-fixed line

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international fixed-line

, which amounted to the second

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largest rate at the beginning, dramatically increased to 60, by doubling its proportion

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. It is worth noticing that, being relatively the lowest service provider, mobile calls averaged less than 10 at the beginning.

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, it strengthened its power

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to rise to 40

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in 2001. More importantly, the two types of fixed call service providers did not fail to secure their dominance

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, despite the remarkable development of

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mobiles.