mobile internet
Smartphone data access
Mobile internet is internet access through cellular networks rather than fixed connections like cable or Wi-Fi.
It typically refers to connectivity on smartphones and tablets using 3G, 4G, or 5G signals: I'm using mobile internet because there's no Wi-Fi here.
The term distinguishes portable, anywhere connectivity from stationary broadband.
- 3GThird mobile network generation
- GSMCellular communication protocol
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- tetheringFastening with a line
- hotspotArea of notable activity
4G LTE · social media · app store · 5G · CDMA · Wi-Fi · SIM card · video streaming · streaming video · latency · bandwidth · modem · roaming charges · cellular network · cell tower · spectrum · tablet · signal strength
- telecomwireless, cellular, telecommunications, carriers, telephone
- Digital Accessbroadband access, WiFi, broadband, connectivity, network access
- Car Techcar radio, car radios, GPS, GPS navigation, satellite radio
- Heisei Japanbubble burst, deflation, economic stagnation, Fukushima, Shinzo Abe
- mobile networksGSM, cellular network, cell tower, base station, SIM card
mobile internetdial-up
Phone-line internet connection
telegraph · snail mail · fax · print media
mobile internetoffline
Not internet-connected
disconnected · off the grid · no signal · out of range · airplane mode