Band 8+: The chart below shows the total of number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, devided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph illustrates the total quantity of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the United Kingdom, separated into three distinct types, over an 8-year period, between 1995 and 2002.

Overall, local calls remained the most popular throughout the period, followed by national and international calls and mobile calls in third places. However, while the duration of national and international calls and mobile calls all rose over time, the number of minutes spent on mobile calls experienced a particularly dramatic increase.

Specifically, although there was a steady increase in the number of minutes for local calls from 1995 to 1999, it saw a slow decrease between 2000 and 2002. The quantity of minutes for mobile calls climbed considerably during the period. Most strikingly, mobile call minutes nearly doubled in a single year by rising from about 22 billion in 2000 to 40 billion in 2001.

National and international calls rose steadily each year, climbing from just under 40 billion minutes in 1995 to a peak of slightly over 60 billion in 2002. In contrast, mobile phone usage grew much more rapidly, increasing from around 3 billion minutes in 1995 to approximately 40 billion by 2002.