On the other hand, although the minutes of mobile phone were not as many as those of national and international-fixed line, this type of communication had upward trends over those 7 years. While national and international-fixed line started roughly 38 billion minutes and then increased by approximately 22 billion at the end of year, cell phones had about 3 billion minutes in 1995 and then rose significantly until reaching a peak to just under 50 billion in 2002.