mobile data en · NOUN
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(uncountable) 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 'unlimited' mobile data contracts”, in The Guardian: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 March 23, Mike Elgan, “Why you should stop using mobile data”, in Computerworld: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 with priciest mobile data plans in Europe”, in The Guardian:
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fr données mobiles (data transfer over cellular network) · pl dane komórkowe (data transfer over cellular network) · es datos móviles (data transfer over cellular network) · gl datos móbiles (data transfer over cellular network) · uk мобільні дані (data transfer over cellular network) · de mobile Daten (data transfer over cellular network) · bg мобилни данни (data transfer over cellular network) · ca dades mòbils (data transfer over cellular network) · it dati cellulare (data transfer over cellular network) · ar بَيَانَات خَلَوِيّة (data transfer over cellular network) · fi mobiilidata (data transfer over cellular network) · pt dados móveis (data transfer over cellular network) · vi dữ liệu di động (data transfer over cellular network) · fr données cellulaires (data transfer over cellular network)