The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billion) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002
The bar chart depicts how inhabitants in UK spent their time on separate types of telephone calls over a 7-year period between 1995 and 2002.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that both mobiles (all calls) and national and international - fixed line witnessed an increase in minutes throughout 7 years while local - fixed line fluctuated its figure from 1995 to 2002.
Local fixed line calls were the highest during the whole period, slightly rising from about 72 billion minutes in 1990 to its peak 90 billion minutes in 1999. After 1999, there was a marginal decline in the next three years until it reached roundly 70 billion minutes in 2002.
There was a significant rise in mobiles, rocketing from approximately 3 billion minutes to over 40 billion minutes in 2002. National and international fixed line calls grew steadily from 38 billion to 61 billion at the end of the period.
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number of phone calling hours
The bar chart depicts how inhabitants in UK spent their time on separate types of telephone calls over a 7-year period between 1995 and 2002.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that both mobiles (all calls) and national and international - fixed line witnessed an increase in minutes throughout 7 years while local - fixed line fluctuated its figure from 1995 to 2002.
Local fixed line calls were the highest during the whole period, slightly rising from about 72 billion minutes in 1990 to its peak 90 billion minutes in 1999. After 1999, there was a marginal decline in the next three years until it reached roundly 70 billion minutes in 2002.
There was a significant rise in mobiles, rocketing from approximately 3 billion minutes to over 40 billion minutes in 2002. National and international fixed line calls grew steadily from 38 billion to 61 billion at the end of the period.
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