Noun
mobile data (uncountable)
- (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
- Bulgarian: мобилни данни (mobilni danni)
- Catalan: dades mòbils f pl
- Finnish: mobiilidata
- French: données cellulaires f pl, données mobiles f pl
- Galician: datos móbiles m pl
- German: mobile Daten n pl
- Italian: dati cellulare m pl
- Polish: dane komórkowe nvir pl
- Portuguese: dados móveis m pl
- Spanish: datos móviles m pl
- Ukrainian: мобільні дані n pl (mobilʹni dani)
- Vietnamese: dữ liệu di động
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