Sometimes it is pretty much annoying to think that you need to go out of the house to answer a phone call. Or maybe go up to the foofdeck to make a call using your mobile.
The most common cause is that you are located in an area where the cell site known as a Base Transmitter Station is relatively far, or there is an obstruction in your path. In most cases when you live inside thick concrete houses, signal have a hard time passing through the walls. Staying near a door or a window facing the direction of the cell site may solve your problem.
However in most cases like in a mall, Telecommunications Companies are putting up small cells sites inside the malls. so that cellular service will be availied inside anywhere inside the malls. To do this most telecommunications authorities would require the necessary engineering plans and permits to install such small cell sites.
In the cases of homes and small buildings some are putting up their own small cell sites which are rather known as cellphone repeaters. Depending on where you are in the world, some states or governments would require permits while others do not so please check with your local authorites and telecommunications agencies on the matter. There are countries which prohiobits the installation of such devices as the telecommunications companies claim that these devices may cause abnormal operations of their cell sites.
In some parts of the world especially in the far flung areas of the localities they adopt this technoogy to meet the personal or small business telecommunications needs.
For those who would want to know the easy technical procedures of selecting and setting up the cellphone repeaters you may read my article on Selecting the right cellular repeater and the simple instruction on how to set up cellular repeaters.