The line graph gives information about the number of mobile phones and landlines per hundred people in Africa from 1995 to 2004. Overall, mobile phones were quite unpopular in the initial years, but the number of them started to increase noticeably by mid-years and eventually surpassed that of landlines. Notably, the quantity of fixed landlines rose steadily during the whole given period yet ended up second.
Regarding the number of mobile phones, it was quite low, at 0.06 per hundred individuals in 1994 and almost remained unchanged until 1997. By a stark contrast, starting 1997, it speeded up, reaching 1 in 1999. From that year onward, it began growing rapidly, and kept its pace until the end of the timeframe, finally reaching the peak of 8.8 in 2004.
However, the subscribers of landlines showed neither a noticeable decrease nor increase. It stood at 1.7 in 1994 and was dominant till 2000. In contrast, by the upcoming years, mobile phones took over, landlines continued to rise steadily, finally climbing to 3.1 in 2004.
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