Southeast Asia
SIM cards, eSIM and internet in Malaysia
179 MbpsMedian fixed download
Internet and SIM cards in Malaysia
Median fixed broadband is 179 Mbps and mobile 165 Mbps (Speedtest Global Index, 2026-08). Airport counters and convenience stores sell prepaid SIMs with large data plans; passport registration required. eSIMs are widely available.
Mobile carriers
Key facts
- Tourist SIM: Airport counters and convenience stores sell prepaid SIMs with large data plans; passport registration required. eSIMs are widely available.
- eSIM: local carriers sell eSIMs to visitors.
Internet & coworking by place
- Kuala LumpurInternet & coworking
- PenangInternet & coworking
- LangkawiInternet & coworking
- MalaccaInternet & coworking
- Kota KinabaluInternet & coworking
- Cameron HighlandsInternet & coworking
- Perhentian IslandsInternet & coworking
- IpohInternet & coworking
- Johor BahruInternet & coworking
- Genting HighlandsInternet & coworking
- KuchingInternet & coworking
- TiomanInternet & coworking
- RedangInternet & coworking
- SempornaInternet & coworking
- SandakanInternet & coworking
- Taman NegaraInternet & coworking
Sources
- Speedtest Global Index: Malaysia
- US State Department travel advisory
- Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (Immigration Department)
- DE Rantau Nomad Pass (MDEC)
- Tourism Malaysia
- World Bank open data
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