mobile data

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

Noun

  1. Internet data transfer over a cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.
    • 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. - 2010 June 11, Charles Arthur, “Why file-sharing has killed...
    • 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 5, Rupert Jones, “UK among countries...
    • 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. - 2019...

    Synonyms: data