The given line chart illustrates the figure of telephone subscriptions in Africa between 1994 and 2004.
Overall, it is clearly seen that the percentage of mobile users showed an upward trend over the period and they experienced the largest change, while fixed subscribers remained at a similar level without rising significantly, in spite of that they increase slightly.
In 1994, the proportion of fixed subscribers started at 1.7%, Not many people in Africa chose fixed , with just 0.06%. After that they both increased steadily over a 5-year period.
From 1999 to 2001, the percentage of mobile dramatically experienced a rise, from 1% to 3%, surpassing the fixed figure of fixed, with about 2.9%. Afterwards, mobile’s subscribers rose more sharply between 2002 and 2003, 4% and 6%, respectively, by 2004, they peaked at 8.8%. In contrast, chosen people of fixed increased gradually during 4 years, and the last year, they accounted for 3.1%.