AirPort Express for iPhone Internet connection

I recently had cable installed in our shop for phone and Internet usage. We haven’t yet purchased a computer for the location, but I do have an AirPort Express that I purchased for use in my home (but have not set up at home yet). I also have an iPhone. Is there a way to use the AirPort Express with the cable Internet connection in our shop so that I can go online with my iPhone? (just FYI, I cannot connect with the internet at our shop with my iPhone over the AT&T network as there is no signal available in the area).
Thanks!

Well, I don’t seem to be getting too far with this set up at home. I’ve tried plugging my cable modem at home into the AX, then opened Airport Utility on my iMac, but all it says is “Airport Utility was unable to find any Apple wireless devices”. I’ve tried unplugging and re-plugging in the AX to the electric power. Also tried the reset button on the AX.
I then tried turning on WiFi on my iPhone and the AX shows up as “Apple Network” followed by the AirPort ID number. I then plugged the ethernet plug from my cable modem back into the AX and I can connect with my iPhone via WiFi to my cable modem and go online. No set up at all, which is what I wanted to do in the first place, except when I tried this with the new modem in the shop, the iPhone “sees” and selects the AX, but there is no connection to the internet.
So now I’m stuck with two dilemmas. I can’t get my iMac at home to “see” the AX, and I can’t get the AX to connect to the Internet with the modem at the shop. ???
Oh, and the modem in the shop is a "Scientific Atlanta 2203" and is for both cable telephone connection and RR cable Internet connection.

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