Band 5+: The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in millions) of telephone calls in Finland, divided into three categories, from 1995 – 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the final number of minutes in millions of telephone calls in the three categorises in Finland between 1995 and 2004.

Overall, it is seen that over nine-year period the usage of landline phone with local category by Finland people was consistently high, while mobiles were low the whole time too.

To begin with, local calls increased significantly from 1995 to 1999, inclusive. Starting with 12000 millions minutes, it steadily rose and reached 16000. National and international calls went up consistent rate too: at almost 6000 millions, it surged to 8000 in 1995 and 1999 respectively. Finally, mobile calls were just a bit higher than 0 in the beginning of the period. There was a negligible rise in mobiles, though just a bit higher than 2000.

On the other hand, starting from 2000, mobiles shoot up to around 5700 one year later. Then, it continued the positive trend right until 2004, hitting its peak at almost 10000 million. Despite peaking at approximate 17000 in 2001, local calls started decreasing stablely since then. While it hit its lowest at 12000 in 2004, it still remained the highest among all categories. Lastly, there was a steady increase in the calls of national and international category, hitting roughly 9000 million.