mobile data

Definitions

Internet data transfer over a cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Yet O2 says that while it has doubled the number⟳ of iPhone users, mobile data use⟳ is doubling every 4 months, equivalent to an eightfold growth every year.”

“The analysis of mobile data plans in 230 countries revealed that the UK ranked a “disappointing” 136th when the cost⟳ of one gigabyte (1GB) of mobile data was looked at.”

“By turning off mobile data, you end⟳ up with a dumb or minimalist phone while out and about, but a fully internet-connected smartphone while at home, at work⟳ and in coffee shops and restaurants that provide⟳ Wi-Fi.”

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