GREATER Manchester is set to join Europe’s elite digital cities.

Thanks to world-leading technology, it is one step closer to achieving its ambition of becoming one of the top-five digital city regions.

The conurbation has been awarded £25m from central government to significantly upgrade its digital infrastructure.

The funding will help deliver ‘full fibre’ broadband technology across the region, trigger private sector investment of up to £200m, and pave the way for 5G mobile technology.

Described as ‘futureproof’, full fibre to the premises (FFTP) broadband has no speed or bandwidth limit.

The largest digital upgrade plan of its kind in the UK, the funding will be used to connect over 1500 public sector buildings.”