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Phone Call - Bar Graph 7

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Version 1

The bar chart gives details of phone usage in the UK from 1995 to 2002 on three types of
phone line. Overall, total phone use increased and the majority of calls were made using a
fixed line. However, towards the end of the period, local fixed line calls declined as mobile
phone use increased significantly.

During the first four years, all categories increased steadily, although usage was dominated
by local fixed line calls. The data for these calls was consistently almost double that of
national and international calls, with the former rising from over 70 billion to a peak of 90
billion minutes, while the latter rose from approximately 37 billion to 48 billion. These
figures contrast starkly with the data for mobile phone calls in the same period, which
began at approximately two billion minutes and saw only gradual increases, climbing to ten
billion minutes in 1998.

The picture was very different from 1999 to 2002, when, despite retaining the top position,
local fixed line calls dropped back to their initial level and ended the period only 10 billion
higher than fixed line national and international calls, which increased consistently
throughout. Notably, the drop in local calls corresponded with dramatic increases in mobile
phone use, which, by 2002, had reached almost 45 billion minutes, considerably reducing the
gap between all three categories.
Version 2

The bar chart compares the amount of time spent by people in the UK on three different
types of phone call between 1995 and 2002.

It is clear that calls made via local, fixed lines were the most popular type, in terms of
overall usage, throughout the period shown. The lowest figures on the chart are for
mobile calls, but this category also saw the most dramatic increase in user minutes.

In 1995, people in the UK used fixed lines for a total of just over 70 billion minutes for
local calls, and about half of that amount of time for national or international calls. By
contrast, mobile phones were only used for around 4 billion minutes. Over the
following four years, the figures for all three types of phone call increased steadily.

By 1999, the amount of time spent on local calls using landlines had reached a peak at
90 billion minutes. Subsequently, the figure for this category fell, but the rise in the
other two types of phone call continued. In 2002, the number of minutes of national /
international landline calls passed 60 billion, while the figure for mobiles rose to
around 45 billion minutes.
Version 3

The chart shows the time spent by UK residents on different types of telephone calls
between 1995 and 2002.

Local fixed line calls were the highest throughout the period, rising from 72 billion minutes
in 1995 to just under 90 billion in 1998. After peaking at 90 billion the following year, these
calls had fallen back to the 1995 figure by 2002.

National and international fixed line calls grew steadily from 38 billion to 61 billion at the
end of the period in question, though the growth slowed over the last two years.

There was a dramatic increase in mobile calls from 2 billion to 46 billion minutes. This rise
was particularly noticeable between 1999 and 2002, during which time the use of mobile
phones tripled.

To sum up, although local fixed line calls were still the most popular in 2002, the gap
between the three categories had narrowed considerably over the second half of the
period in question.

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