The bar chart illustrates the total duration of telephone calls in Finland, categorised into local landline, national and international landline, and mobile calls, between 1995 and 2004.
Overall, local landline calls were the most popular category for the majority of the period, peaking in 2001. Conversely, mobile phone usage saw a dramatic and continuous upward trend, while national and international landline calls also grew steadily.
In 1995, local landline calls stood at 12,000 million minutes, rising steadily to reach a peak of 17,000 million minutes in 2001. However, this figure subsequently fell to 12,000 million minutes by 2004. In contrast, mobile phone calls started at a negligible 200 million minutes in 1995, but experienced rapid growth, particularly after 2000, reaching 9,800 million minutes by the end of the period.
National and international landline calls followed a consistent upward trajectory, starting at 6,000 million minutes in 1995 and climbing to 10,500 million minutes by 2004. By the final year, mobile calls had nearly caught up to the volume of national and international landline calls, reflecting a significant shift in communication preferences in Finland over the decade.