The bar chart illustrates how many minutes in billions totally were spent concerning telephone calls in the UK regarding local, national- international and mobile calls between 1995 and 2002.
To begin with, as it can be seen on the chart, local calls accounted for the total number of minutes for telephone calls over the years, whereas national and international calls contributed to the smallest. Cellphone calls accounted for a significant proportion.
More particularly, local fixed line calls experienced an upward trend from 1995 to 1998, hitting the highest point of 90 billion in 1999. Following that, a downward trend can be observed, decreasing the number from 90 billion to around 71 billion in 2002. In contrast, mobile calls rose significantly by 10 million approximately during 1995-1999. Following this, for the next two years, a soar could probably be shown, reaching a peak at 45 billion minutes approximately in 2002. Furthermore, national and international calls noticed a steady increase between 1995 and 1999, and then, it inclined sharply by 4 billion in 2002.
On the whole, local calls were accountable for the major proportion of minutes over the years. However, the figure for cellphone calls witnessed considerable changes after 2000.
The bar chart illustrates how
many
minutes in
billions
totally
were spent
concerning telephone
calls
in the UK regarding
local
, national- international and mobile
calls
between 1995 and 2002.
To
begin
with, as it can be
seen
on the chart,
local
calls
accounted for the total number of minutes for telephone
calls
over the years, whereas national and international
calls
contributed to the smallest. Cellphone
calls
accounted for a significant proportion.
More
particularly
,
local
fixed
line
calls
experienced an upward trend from 1995 to 1998, hitting the highest point of 90
billion
in 1999. Following that, a downward trend can
be observed
, decreasing the number from 90
billion
to around 71
billion
in 2002.
In contrast
, mobile
calls
rose
significantly
by 10 million approximately during 1995-1999. Following this, for the
next
two years, a soar could
probably
be shown
, reaching a peak at 45
billion
minutes approximately in 2002.
Furthermore
, national and international
calls
noticed a steady increase between 1995 and 1999, and then, it inclined
sharply
by 4
billion
in 2002.
On the whole
,
local
calls
were accountable for the major proportion of minutes over the years.
However
, the figure for cellphone
calls
witnessed considerable
changes
after 2000.