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# Starlink launches in Malawi and Malaysia
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/starlink-in-malawi-and-malaysia/
- Published: 2023-07-26T15:14:48.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-26T15:14:48.000Z
- Author: Emmanuel Oyedeji
- Tags: / News, Starlink, Malawi, Malaysia

[Starlink](https://www.techloy.com/tag/starlink/), the satellite internet service, is making swift strides in expanding its ground station network and deploying more satellites with inter-satellite links (ISLs) to reach new regions. 

Just a week after launching in [Kenya](https://www.techloy.com/starlink-launches-in-kenya/), the service is now available in two additional countries – [Malaysia](https://twitter.com/Starlink/status/1683673673105018881) in Southeast Asia, and [Malawi](https://twitter.com/Starlink/status/1683897037639790592) in Africa. Malawi's launch represents Starlink's 61st available market. In recent weeks, Starlink has also been introduced in Guatemala, the Philippines and Cyprus.

Notably, hardware prices for subscribers differ significantly in both regions. In Malawi, subscribers are required to pay a higher one-time hardware fee of MWK 655,000 (\~US$ 622), along with shipment and handling fees of MWK 26,500 (\~US$25). In contrast, subscribers in Malaysia enjoy a significantly lower one-time hardware fee of MYR 2,300 (\~US$ 503), along with shipment and handling fees of MYR 100 (\~US$22). Although Starlink hasn't provided a reason for this price difference, it appears to be consistent across all of Starlink's launch locations.

[📊 Where Starlink costs the most and the least in the worldStarlink, the high-speed, low-latency satellite-based broadband internet service, provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is capable of delivering 150Mbps internet speeds to any location in the world, currently has more than 400,000 subscribers worldwide and has been licensed to operate in all seven c…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c1/a6/c1a6d111-d951-41ad-a392-c1e841210b93/content/images/size/w256h256/2023/07/techloy-avatar-1.png)Loy OkezieTechloy![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1646367043065-dadd338c264f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDl8fHN0YXJsaW5rfGVufDB8fHx8MTY3MzIxODQyMA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.techloy.com/where-starlink-costs-the-most-least-in-the-world/)

On the other hand, data subscriptions in both regions are relatively similar: MWK 52,000 (\~US$ 49) per month in Malawi and MYR 220 (\~US$ 48) per month in Malaysia, slightly above average prices in Europe.

So far this year, Starlink has already expanded its services to 16 different countries globally, with a particular focus on African countries such as [Nigeria](https://www.techloy.com/spacex-satellite-internet-service-starlink-launches-in-nigeria/), [Kenya](https://www.techloy.com/starlink-launches-in-kenya/), Mozambique, and Rwanda.

Moving forward, Starlink is set to venture into Sierra Leone, where the service was recently granted an operating license, and also 17 more African countries in 2023, showcasing its ambitious plans for further global expansion.

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