Nairobi, Feb. 17 -- Kenyan authorities have issued a demand to Elon Musk's Starlink to provide national identity (ID) cards, postal addresses and phone numbers of its subscribers to curb cybercrime amid surveillance and privacy concerns.

Starlink has informed its satellite internet subscribers that services risk being discontinued from May if they fail to provide the identification documents for State use.

Kenyan regulations require all operators to register mobile phone line users to help curb phone-based crimes.

The State had dropped the slackness in seeking registration for satellite internet subscribers in the wake of the surge of Starlink's rollout and dominance.

​​​The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) rec...