Out of the roughly 7 billion people on earth, around 2.8 billion currently have access to the Internet. Companies like Google are pioneering efforts to bring the internet to the next billion through more affordable smartphones.
Most of these smartphones are connected by cellular technology — and that connection is only possible if there are cell tower locations available to support cellular communication.
So how do cell towers work? Would locating a nearby tower be the only way to improve your signal? And how does a signal booster become the missing link between a cell tower and your mobile device?