Aberdeen is bidding to be one of the UK's first 5G cities.

An application for the UK Government's 5G Urban Connected Communities project will be lodged this week by the city council.

If the application is successful, residents and businesses in the city will be among the first in Britain to trial emerging 5G technologies.

The bid follows an announcement in February that Aberdeen is to become Scotland's first gigabit city through a £40m investment in full-fibre broadband.

Council co-leader Douglas Lumsden said: "Our ambitions are for a smart city where technology is the driver for a prosperous future for residents and businesses.

"Digital infrastructure is vitally important to realising that vision and already significant progress is being made.

"We are proud of the work to become a gigabit city and the role the council, through its own investment in infrastructure for public buildings, has played.

"There is a real determination to build on the foundations already in place and this bid is an example of that forward-thinking attitude.

"There will be stern competition - but we believe Aberdeen has a compelling case."