The provided line graph illustrates the number of people using fixed telephone lines, mobile phones, and the internet in chine over a 11-year period of time from 1994 to 2005 in China.
Looking from an overall perspective, while the emergence of fixed lines dates back to older time compared to remaining technologies, utilizing personal mobile phones was the preference of most Chineese over the course of time shown on the graph.
To begin with, approximately 25 million individuals in China had access to fixed telephone lines, yet there was no personal mobile phone and the internet. It was not until 1995 and 1996 that Chineese people became familiar with mobile phones and the internet, respectively. Although the growth rate of domestic telephone lines was almost the same as personal phonese between 1996 and 2000, it was lower for the internet.
The total users of mobile phones rose to 300 million people and exceeded that of fixed telephone lines by 2002, when the number of internet users was half of personal mobile phones, at 150 million people. The technology of mobile phone became increasingly widespread by 2005, climbing to 450 million people, while this figure was 350 million people for domestic telephone lines. Aditionally, the users of the internet rougly reached just under 200 million chineese individuals by the mentioned time, which was double that by 1999.