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fixed-line

 
 
adjective [before noun]

Definition

COMMUNICATIONS used to describe traditional phone services that use cables, rather than mobile phone services: Most fixed-line providers offer indirect access, which means subscribers also have to pay line rental to cable companies.
→ See also landline
(Definition of fixed-line adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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