The bar chart illustrates the information about the average time spent in the UK on three different types of telephone calls between 1995 and 2002.
Overall, the highest number was the local – fixed line calls, followed by the national and international – fixed line and the mobiles. The local – fixed line had peaked in 1999 and slightly decreased to the beginning in 2002. In contrast, the other categories quietly increased throughout the period.
In detail, the total number of minutes of the local – fix lined calls was the highest throughout the period, rising from 71 billion minutes in 1995 to 90 billion minutes in 1999. After peaking at 90 billion, the years later had fallen back to the 1995 figure by 2002.
Meanwhile, the time spent on the national and international – fixed line had started at half of the local fixed line calls, nearly 40 billion minutes. Then, it rose steadily around 61 billion minutes in 2002. The mobiles also began from a small minority before peaking at approximately 40 billion minutes in 2000, then, it grew stable to nearly half 40 billion minutes in 2002..