mobile data

mobile data

English

Noun

mobile data (uncountable)

1. (mobile telephony) Internet data transfer over a cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.

   Synonym: data

   • 2010 June 11, Charles Arthur, “Why file-sharing has killed 'unlimited' mobile data contracts”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

   • 2019 March 5, Rupert Jones, “UK among countries with priciest mobile data plans in Europe”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

   • 2019 March 23, Mike Elgan, “Why you should stop using mobile data”, in Computerworld‎:

     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.

Translations

data transfer over cellular network

Catalan: dades mòbils f pl Finnish: mobiilidata French: données cellulaires f pl, données mobiles f pl German: mobile Daten n pl

Italian: dati cellulare m pl Portuguese: dados móveis m pl Spanish: datos móviles m pl

Further reading

• mobile broadband on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lobatamide