mobile phone
noun [C]Definition
› IT, COMMUNICATIONS a phone which is connected to the phone system by radio instead of by a wire, and can be used anywhere that signals can be received: on/from a mobile phone Everyone was filming the event on their mobile phones. The company sells ringtones, games and screen savers to mobile phone users.mobile phone operator/company/network The country's largest mobile phone operator announced a new high-speed network.mobile phone application/software/technology The next generation of mobile phone technology brought advances in video messaging. mobile phone market/industry/business mobile phone bill/charges/contract → Compare cell phone
(Definition of mobile phone noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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