over the air

over the air definition - telecom
  1. Referring to broadcast airwave radio and television transmission. See also air-wave, broadcast radio, broadcast television, and broadcast transmission.
  2. Referring to methods of distributing software updates and application settings to cellular telephones.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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