"mobile data" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mobile data (uncountable)
  1. (mobile telephony) Internet data transfer over a cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Internet, Mobile phones Synonyms: data Translations (data transfer over cellular network): dades mòbils [feminine, plural] (Catalan), mobiilidata (Finnish), données cellulaires [feminine, plural] (French), données mobiles [feminine, plural] (French), datos móbiles [masculine, plural] (Galician), mobile Daten [neuter, plural] (German), dati cellulare [masculine, plural] (Italian), dados móveis [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), datos móviles [masculine, plural] (Spanish), мобільні дані (mobilʹni dani) [neuter, plural] (Ukrainian), dữ liệu di động (Vietnamese)

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