Libya’s O3 Group Unveils Digital Infrastructure Plans After Medusa Cable Landing
The company’s stated aim is to build an integrated digital infrastructure platform for the country, with its various projects at different stages of construction, deployment and development.
O3 Group (Ozone Group for Telecom & Technology) is a privately owned Libyan telecommunications and technology company, established in 2024 and headquartered in Benghazi. It is chaired by Dr Faisel Gergab, a former chairman of the Libya Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC), and operates under the theme “Limitless Empowerment.” The fact sheet, dated 17 October 2026, accompanies the company’s public introduction, which coincides with the first Medusa submarine cable landing in Libya at Benghazi. The company’s stated aim is to build an integrated digital infrastructure platform for the country, with its various projects at different stages of construction, deployment and development.
The foundation of that strategy is the Medusa submarine cable, a neutral, open-access system stretching more than 8,700 km across the Mediterranean and linking Europe, North Africa and the wider region. It is designed with up to 24 fibre pairs per segment and up to 20 Tbps per pair. Benghazi received the first Libyan landing on 17 October 2026, and a second is planned for Tripoli, which would give the east and west of the country geographically diverse international connections. Norman Albi, CEO of the Medusa Submarine Cable System, is due to attend the Benghazi event.
From the landing points, O3 plans to carry traffic across a national fibre and DWDM transmission network of roughly 12,000–13,000 km, with about 100 transmission sites and a design backbone capacity of around 1.6 Tbps. The network is meant to serve mobile operators, internet service providers, businesses, government bodies and data centres. Fibre already extends south from Benghazi toward Kufra, which O3 sees as the basis for a longer-term corridor to Chad and other landlocked African markets, positioning Libya as a transit point for digital traffic between Europe and Africa.
On the domestic side, O3 is developing a Tier III data centre in Benghazi with more than 160 racks, an initial capacity of about 2 MW expandable to roughly 5 MW, and a design availability benchmark of about 99.982%. It uses N+2 power backup, N+1 precision cooling, multiple fibre routes and round-the-clock monitoring, and it holds Uptime Institute Tier III Certified Design Documents, meaning it is designed to be concurrently maintainable. The facility is aimed at carriers, cloud providers, financial institutions, government, oil and gas firms and large enterprises, and is intended to let more data and content be hosted inside Libya.
For consumers and businesses, O3 Mobile is planned as a 4G, 5G and Fixed Wireless Access network of approximately 3,200 sites, designed to support more than 3.2 million users. It is still under development and will be introduced in stages ahead of wider commercial rollout. Alongside it, O3 is building enterprise and wholesale capabilities including backbone connectivity, international internet capacity, cloud and hosting, private networks, IoT, GRX, IPX, signalling and VSAT services.
Beyond infrastructure, the company is developing two supporting initiatives in Benghazi. O3 Technology Village is a planned innovation ecosystem combining technology, education, business and public spaces for companies, entrepreneurs and researchers. O3 Academy is the training arm, with programmes in telecommunications and technology training, professional development, certification and partnerships with international education providers, plus plans for a broader initiative offering internationally recognised qualifications within Libya.
The fact sheet describes these pieces as connected layers rather than standalone projects: Medusa brings capacity into Libya, the international gateway links it to domestic networks, the fibre backbone carries it nationwide, the data centre hosts content and services, and the mobile network reaches end users. O3’s stated vision is to build digital infrastructure that strengthens connectivity and economic growth in Libya and the region, guided by the values of integrity, innovation, inclusivity, belonging and social responsibility. The 17 October announcement marks the start of O3’s public communications. Media resources include B-roll, photography, executive interviews, technical information and corporate film, with enquiries handled by Mr Nureddin Wefati at Nureddin.Wefati@O3Group.com or +218912203491.
One point worth noting is that most of the figures, including the fibre footprint, backbone capacity, data centre capacity and mobile network scale, are described as planned or design targets rather than operational achievements. The only completed milestone stated is the first Medusa landing in Benghazi.
