[Satellite TODAY 3-10-10] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a three-year agreement for capacity on ABS-2 with ICS Technologies Iraq, ABS announced March 9.
   ICS will lease Ku-band capacity on the Middle East/North Africa beam and C-band capacity on the West Hemi beam covering Africa to provide VSAT services.
   “ICS Technologies is a key customer of ABS-1 capacity and the capacity on ABS-2, which will be co-located with ABS-1 at the same orbital location, will enable ICS to expand their VSAT network distribution across the MENA and Africa,” Tom Choi, CEO of ABS, said in a statement. “We are offering priority to our existing customers to take capacity on the ABS-2 satellite, and we are pleased to have ICS as a long term customer expanding their business on ABS-2.”
   ABS-2 will be launched in 2012.