cellular radio

British  

noun

1. radio communication based on a network of transmitters each serving a small area known as a cell: used in personal communications systems in which the mobile receiver switches frequencies automatically as it passes from one cell to another

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Example Sentences

The Arlo and Eufy models look and work the same way their company’s standard outdoor smart home security cameras do — just with bigger batteries and a cellular radio on board.

From The Verge • Jul. 17, 2022

Short for mobile phone; a portable telephone that works by means of a cellular radio system.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2012

According to electrical engineers, when the electronic device starts, electric current passes through every part of the gadget, including GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular radio and microprocessor.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2011

This is certainly doable: Apple sells the iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without a cellular radio, for $229.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2011

Sales of cellular radio telephones -- which had been growing at a sizzling 20% to 70% a year for the past decade -- were temporarily put on hold.

From Time Magazine Archive