The bar chart compares the total number of minutes across three types of phone calls—Local, National and International, and Mobile—in Australia between 1998 and 2005. Overall, there was a significant disparity between the three categories in the beginning, but this distinction narrowed throughout the period. While local phone calls were dominant throughout the period, although they declined in the later years, national and international as well as mobile calls experienced steady growth.
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In 1998, local calls started at around 72 billion minutes. This figure then increased to roughly 90 billion minutes in 2001 before declining significantly to around 72 billion by the end of the period. However, it still represented the highest usage among all three categories.
National and international calls, on the other hand, showed a consistent upward trend throughout the period. Starting at around 38 billion minutes, this figure rose steadily and peaked in the final year at approximately 61 billion minutes. Similarly, mobile phone calls exhibited a growing trend. Although this category remained the lowest among the three, it saw a sharp surge, starting at around 5 billion minutes and rising to nearly 35 billion minutes.