Hong Kong Internet service provider CPCNet, which began expanding beyond simple data access after being taken over by Citic Pacific last year, plans to add more services in the coming months, including network security and collaboration software.
Already launched over the past few months are virtual private network connections, voice-over Internet protocol and video-conferencing services.
Chief executive Stephen Ho said these new lines still only made up a small part of CPCNet's business, but he saw them becoming more important to the company's bottom line over the next year.
CPCNet, which Citic bought from parent company PSINet after the United States-based firm declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year, has a local loop in Hong Kong and network access to mainland cities through a sister company within the Citic group.
More overseas network agreements were under negotiations in the US and Japan, Mr Ho said.
According to company officials, the customer base has stabilised at 5,000 to 6,000 recently, after the defection of about 20 per cent of customers worried by uncertainty over PSINet Hong Kong's future.