In the period from 2016 to 2021, the total time spent on fixed line telephone calls in Australia dropped by over 50 percent to around sit at 8.7 billion voice call minutes. Mobile phone calls made up an increasing majority of total voice call minutes each year, with mobile originating phone calls reaching almost 73 billion minutes in total.
Mobile and fixed line voice call usage in Australia from financial year 2016 to 2021
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Fixed line originating
Mobile originating
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ACCC. (December 20, 2021). Mobile and fixed line voice call usage in Australia from financial year 2016 to 2021 (in billion minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097488/australia-mobile-and-fixed-line-telephone-usage-comparison/
ACCC. "Mobile and fixed line voice call usage in Australia from financial year 2016 to 2021 (in billion minutes)." Chart. December 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097488/australia-mobile-and-fixed-line-telephone-usage-comparison/
ACCC. (2021). Mobile and fixed line voice call usage in Australia from financial year 2016 to 2021 (in billion minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097488/australia-mobile-and-fixed-line-telephone-usage-comparison/
ACCC. "Mobile and Fixed Line Voice Call Usage in Australia from Financial Year 2016 to 2021 (in Billion Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097488/australia-mobile-and-fixed-line-telephone-usage-comparison/
ACCC, Mobile and fixed line voice call usage in Australia from financial year 2016 to 2021 (in billion minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097488/australia-mobile-and-fixed-line-telephone-usage-comparison/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Mobile and fixed line voice call usage in Australia from financial year 2016 to 2021 (in billion minutes) [Graph], ACCC, December 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097488/australia-mobile-and-fixed-line-telephone-usage-comparison/