Strategic Imperatives is proud to announce that Fibre Café has been named the winner of the Technical Innovation Award at the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) Awards 2025, recognising it as a transformative force in the UK’s connectivity ecosystem.
This award celebrates Fibre Café’s pioneering role in simplifying how service providers connect with multiple wholesale networks through a single, scalable integration that enables choice, accelerates delivery, and drives growth across the industry.
Built as a supplier-neutral, API-driven integration platform, Fibre Café removes one of the biggest barriers to scale in the UK wholesale market: the complexity of connecting to multiple suppliers. Its “connect once, connect to many” model gives Communication Providers and Managed Service Providers instant access to over 23 million fibre-ready premises, unifying a fragmented ecosystem into one seamless digital gateway.
Fibre Café continues to develop a has reached new heights with recent supplier expansions including Openreach FTTP and SoGEA, and product expansion to include Ethernet availability, quoting and provisioning to be enabled across a number of major providers including such as BT Wholesale, PXC and Sky Business, with further impact is already being felt across the Channel, empowering service providers to scale faster, onboard suppliers in weeks instead of months, and deliver better customer experiences with less complexity.
“Fibre Café is redefining how the UK’s connectivity ecosystem connects and collaborates,” said Donal Hanrahan, Managing Director at Strategic Imperatives. “This award is recognition of the innovation, teamwork, and shared vision driving the platform forward and of our commitment to helping the industry grow through openness, integration, and intelligence.”
Fibre Café’s success is rooted in collaboration. By connecting networks, suppliers and service providers through one shared platform, it enables the kind of interoperability and agility that the UK’s digital future depends on.
Congratulations to all winners and finalists.