The chart illustrates data about the amount of time spent by people in the UK on three various types of phone call between 1995 and 2002.
Overall, fixed lines were the most popular types, in terms of overall usage throughout the period shown. Despite having the lowest time of use, calling by mobiles showed a dramatic increase.
In 1995, the figure for local category was over 70 billion minutes, about half of that amount of time for National and international sort. By contrast, mobile phones were used for around 4 billion minutes. Over the next three years, there were gradual rises in three different types.
In 1999, the amount of time spent on the local group reached a peak of nearly 90 billion minutes and there was a little fall over the following three years. The figure for national and international type was about 60 million minutes, and calling by mobile phones was approximately 45 million minutes.
