IELTS Writing Task 1 - Bar chart about phone calls

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

The bar chart illustrates data about the total amount of time which was spent by people in the UK on three different telephone types, namely: local, national/international and mobiles between 1995 and 2002.

What stands out from the chart is that the local telephone remained its first place in minute numbers over an eight-year period. Also, despite being in the third place, mobiles experienced the most significant increase.

In the first year, the local phone was the most popular among the British than any other categories due to the number starting at just over 70. Meanwhile, roughly 37 billion minutes were spent on national and international phones, proving that it was almost half as popular as the local phone. The UK’s people spent the least average of fewer than 3 billion minutes on mobiles. Over the following four years, the number of minutes of cell phone increased threefold to 10 as opposed to around 90 for local phones and 50 for national and international phones.

In 1999, the figure for all three types went up by various degrees with the local phone peaking at 90. After that, both the mobile and domestic/foreign lines continued to see an upward trend. The former reached its peak of 45 in billions of minutes and the other climbed steadily to about 60 in the year 2002. However, the pattern for local lines was completely reverse, falling back to its level at the beginning of the period.