(May 2010). A cellular repeater (also known as cell phone signal booster or amplifier), in the cell phone industry, is a device used for boosting the cell phone reception to the local area by the usage of a reception antenna, a signal amplifier, and an internal rebroadcast antenna. cellular repeater is referred to as a mobile phone repeater or mobile repeater, and communicated in that way by Regulators. A mobile phone repeater operates within apparatus or spectrum licensed radio-frequency bands.