Voice and SMS Mobile Technology Switch-Off in Each Indonesian Region Identifying Small Revenue

The deployment of Indonesian telecommunication industry especially in mobile broadband 2G,3G and 4G technologies had several problems because of large and archipelagic territory. The large territory of this country caused some outer areas to force network provider to support 3G network whereas some other smaller areas have 2G network only. This study presented the region capacity in Indonesia, the number of Base Transceiver Station (BTS sites) in each territory, divided among 2G, 3G and 4G technologies, and revenue growth (%) and then analyses the 2G operation switchoff with ANOVA analysis. This method is suitable to find the result because of the significant difference and influence of many factors (3 variables in this research). The study reviewed the economic factor such as revenue growth from each band 2G,3G and 4G operation in each region which ended up that the operator should consider to switch-off the 2G network in some regions. The research also contributed not only for to the telecommunication technology advancement in Indonesia but also for the consideration to network provider to gradually switch-of fthe 2G technology in each Indonesian area to move to better technology such as 5G technology.