Thirteen of Starbucks' 39 shops in Malaysia have Wi-Fi and it's free to use: It sounds like Starbucks plans to keep it that way in Malaysia. The company encourages IT companies to use Starbucks coffee shops to hold product launches. A new notebook and Microsoft Office solutions are examples of products that have been launched locally there.
It'll be interesting to see how different models for the Wi-Fi business shake out in different markets.