In the period from 2016 to 2021, the total time spent on fixed line telephone calls in Australia dropped by over ** percent to around sit at *** 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 ** billion minutes in total.
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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 July 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097488/australia-mobile-and-fixed-line-telephone-usage-comparison/
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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/