topic Signal in Mobile Network discussions

Signal

ssin22 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:03:22 GMT

Is there a way to boost mobile signal in your home? When in my house I cannot make or recieve any phone calls via the normal call methods (WhatsApp calls over the Internet are fine) and i dont really want to change providers.

Re: Signal

bristolian — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:23:27 GMT

@ssin22 wrote:
Is there a way to boost mobile signal in your home?

The simple answer is yes - build a new network site outside your home or within a short distance! If there was a cheaper &/or easier solution, you have the panacea to 100% national indoor coverage.

Flippancy aside, if you have a working WiFi-connection in your home, there's no need to even use any internet-apps - just use WiFi-calling. This allows you to use your phone entirely as normal (making & receiving calls, sending & receiving text messages) using a WiFi-connection rather than the mobile network.

Re: Signal

ssin22 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:49:38 GMT

This does not apply when making /receiving calls to/from landlines, eg my kids school, work calls that are not to other mobiles etc etc hence why I am asking if there is a solution.

Re: Signal

bristolian — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:06:11 GMT

@ssin22 wrote:
This does not apply when making /receiving calls to/from landlines

Yes it does.

When I said that WiFi-calling allows you to use your phone "as normal", I meant exactly that. When using WiFi-calling, you replace the mobile network signal with your WiFi-connection, but you dial & receive calls using your phone's normal dialler. Your calls are then routed through EE's central network in exactly the same way.

Try it, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Re: Signal

Ali_A — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:16:19 GMT

Hi @ssin22

Just following on what @bristolian has mentioned, you can find out more about WIFI Calling at Using WiFi Calling | Mobile Help | EE

Ali

Re: Signal

bristolian — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:23:05 GMT

In the absence of any further responses from the OP, it may be helpful to clarify what some users may think WiFi-calling refers to.

WhatsApp, Messenger and various other internet-apps allow voice-based sessions between users of that app, effectively a call. Whilst you can do this over a WiFi-connection, you are limited to sessions within the app and thus between app-users. Landlines and non-app-users thus are not contactable this way.

WiFi-calling is fundamentally not this, it just replaces your mobile network connection with an internet-connection but otherwise allows use of calls to & from any phone worldwide, exactly as if you were dialling over the mobile network. Calls placed via VoWiFi will seamlessly hand to & from the 4G mobile network as necessary.