The bar chart shows the total number of minutes of 3 categories of telephone calls (local calls on fixed lines, national and international calls on fixed lines, and mobile calls) in the UK between 1995 and 2002. Units are measured in billions of minutes.
Overall, mobile calls grew very quickly during this period. National and international calls also went up, but local calls became less popular after 1999.
Local fixed-line calls were the most popular type in all the years. In 1995, people spent about 72 billion minutes on local calls. This number increased to about 90 billion minutes in 1999, which was the highest. After that, it went down to about 72 billion minutes in 2002, the same as in 1995.
National and international went up every year. They grew from about 37 billion minutes in 1995 to about 64 billion minutes in 2002. In 2002, they were almost as popular as local calls.
Mobile calls were the least popular type at the start. In 1995, people made only about 4 billion minutes of mobile calls. However, this number grew fast after 1999. In 2002, it reached about 46 billion minutes, which was a big increase.Th
