The graph shows the number of telephone subscribers per 100 people in Africa from 1994 to 2004 for two types of communication devices: fixed-line phones and mobile phones.
Overall, both fixed-line and mobile phone subscriptions increased during this time. At first, mobile phone subscribers were the smallest group, but their numbers grew quickly and they became the most popular by the end of the period.
In 1994, mobile phone subscribers were just 0.06 percent, while fixed-line subscribers were at 1.7 percent. Mobile phone subscriptions grew rapidly, reaching 3 percent by 2001. After some fluctuations, the number of fixed-line subscribers increased slightly to nearly 3 percent.
Mobile phone subscriptions continued to rise significantly, peaking at 8.8 percent in the final year. Meanwhile, the number of fixed-line subscribers showed a steady, slow increase of 0.1 percent.