Resumen
In Indonesia, there is still a disparity in telecommunications access, with most rural areas experiencing ?no signal? or ?blank spots.? In contrast, urban areas enjoy modern and societally-beneficial technologies. A comprehensive framework is needed to address the disparity in telecommunications access between ?rich? and ?poor? groups in urban and rural/remote areas, respectively. This paper proposes a framework, built by the mathematical model, that can be used as a reference for the Indonesian government in constructing the nation?s telecommunications infrastructure. The framework categorizes Indonesian administrative regions into four grids: Grid #1: ?fostered? districts; Grid #2: ?developing? districts; Grid #3: ?developed? districts; and Grid #4: ?independent-advanced? districts. To determine where each district falls in these grids, we propose a novel statistical approach using 17 indicators involving a telecommunications network and socioeconomic factors. The proposed framework results in a grid visualization of 7232 districts in Indonesia. Finally, as this paper is replete with academic research approaches and mathematical model perspectives, it is expected that the results may be a valuable input to the development of the country?s telecommunications policy.