ICloud backup via 4G

Hi,
I currently do not need do have a dedicated broadband connection at home and often find myslelf having to locate free wifi hotspots in order to be able to backup my device to the cloud.
With unlimited data plans becoming more affordable and commonplace, and 4G becoming widely available on many networks, will we ever be able to backup our devices over 3G or 4G?

Apple have not said anything about this, so we have no way of knowing what the future holds.
Logically, it seems likely, someday it will be possible, but when that day will be, no-one here knows.

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