O3 Group, also known as Ozone Group for Telecom & Technology, has introduced its plans to develop an integrated digital infrastructure platform for Libya, spanning international connectivity, national fibre networks, data centres, mobile services and technology training.
The privately owned Libyan telecommunications and technology company was established in 2024 and is headquartered in Benghazi. Chaired by Dr Faisel Gergab, a former chairman of the Libya Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company, O3 outlined its strategy in a fact sheet dated 17 October 2026, coinciding with the first landing of the Medusa submarine cable in Libya at Benghazi.
The Medusa submarine cable system forms the foundation of the strategy. Extending more than 8,700 kilometres across the Mediterranean, it is designed to connect Europe, North Africa and the wider region. The system supports up to 24 fibre pairs per segment, with a designed capacity of up to 20 Tbps per pair. A second landing is planned for Tripoli to provide geographically diverse international connectivity for eastern and western Libya.
O3 also plans to develop a national fibre and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transmission network covering approximately 12,000 to 13,000 kilometres. The proposed network includes around 100 transmission sites and a backbone design capacity of approximately 1.6 Tbps. It is intended to serve telecommunications operators, internet service providers, businesses, government institutions and data centres. Fibre already extends south from Benghazi towards Kufra, providing a potential foundation for future connectivity to Chad and other landlocked African markets.
Another component is a planned Tier III data centre in Benghazi, with more than 160 racks and an initial capacity of approximately 2 MW, expandable to around 5 MW. The facility is designed around a 99.982% availability benchmark, with redundant power and cooling systems, multiple fibre routes and continuous monitoring. Its target customers include cloud providers, financial institutions, government agencies, oil and gas companies and large enterprises.
O3 Mobile is also under development, with plans for a 4G, 5G and Fixed Wireless Access network comprising approximately 3,200 sites and designed to support more than 3.2 million users. The network is expected to be introduced in phases before a broader commercial rollout.
The company is simultaneously developing wholesale and enterprise services, including backbone connectivity, international internet capacity, cloud and hosting, private networks, Internet of Things services, GRX, IPX, signalling and VSAT connectivity.
In Benghazi, O3 Technology Village is planned as an innovation ecosystem bringing together technology companies, entrepreneurs, researchers, education and business facilities. O3 Academy will support the broader strategy through telecommunications and technology training, professional development, certification programmes and partnerships with international education providers.
O3 describes the projects as connected layers of a single digital infrastructure platform, with international cable capacity feeding into domestic networks, fibre transporting traffic nationwide, data centres hosting digital services and mobile networks connecting end users.
While the first Medusa cable landing in Benghazi marks a stated milestone, many of the company’s other figures, including its national fibre footprint, data centre capacity and mobile network scale, remain planned or design targets rather than confirmed operational achievements.
