Domestic IT giants take cloud skills global

Flexible networks offer high speeds, lower costs for startups looking to scale up fast

The Chinese mainland's cloud computing service providers are expanding their overseas footprints, driven by the desire to better serve their customers' globalization strategies and to extend their own digital "territories".

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, China's largest telecom equipment maker and the world's second-largest smartphone maker by shipments, is offering cloud services in Asian and African countries alongside its growing local smartphone presence.