mobile network
Phone signal provider
A mobile network is the infrastructure of cell towers, radio frequencies, and switching systems that enables wireless communication for phones and other devices.
Mobile networks allow calls, texts, and internet access without physical connections: The mobile network was down after the storm.
Also called a cellular network.
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
- SIM cardPhone's network identity chip
- backhaulTransport on return leg
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- base stationFixed wireless communication point
roaming · VoLTE · data plan · antenna · carrier signal · handover · CDMA · telecom · spectrum · coverage · operator · 4G · cell tower · SMS · GSM · Verizon · VoIP · connectivity
- telecomwireless, cellular, telecommunications, carriers, telephone
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, telephone calls, antennas
- smartphone featurescalling, texting, smartphone, cell phone, settings
- Cell stuffcell phone, smartphone, cell tower, SIM card, carrier
- mobile networksGSM, cell tower, base station, SIM card, carrier networks
- communicationsannouncement, telephone, address, phone, key messages
connectivity infrastructure type
mobile networklandline
Stationary wired telephone
wired network · PSTN · home phone · wireline · fiber optic network
connectivity state
mobile networkoffline
Not internet-connected
off-grid · no signal · disconnected · dead zone · out of range