The presented line graph illustrates the proportions of people using five distinct means of communication from 1998 to 2008.
Generally speaking, despite starting roughly at the same point, three figures – cellular phone services, Internet service, fixed and mobile broadband – witnessed an increase, albeit in varying degrees, whereas that of landline service was consistently stable. Notably, while the cellular phone service usage managed to surpass the other types of communication, broadbands ranked the least in the graph at the end of the period.
In 1998, all categories, except for landline service, commenced almost at the same point and experienced a rise in different degrees. The fixed and mobile broadbands usage were almost identical: after plateauing at the null for the first six years, the proportions rose slightly till 2008, reaching their peak at roughly 5%, which was also the lowest percentage in the graph. The figure representing the Internet service, however, grew more dramatically compared to broadbands, from approximately 2% in 1998 to 20% in 2008, with a sharper increase for the last four years. The major change can be seen in the cellular phone category, which skyrocketed from about 5 percent to more than 60 percent over the period, overtaking landline service in 2002 and gaining a clear dominance till the end of the survey timeline.
Landline service was the only category in the graph exhibiting a distinct pattern. The percentage for this figure was approximately 15% in 1998, and it didn’t undergo significant changes until 2006, after which it decreased by a mere 1%, ranking third in the proportions of use.