Luna, Philippines

Luna, Philippines: Submarine Cable Landing Point

Luna is a landing point located in the Philippines, a Southeast Asian archipelago nation whose coastlines have made it a natural hub for submarine cable infrastructure across the wider Asia-Pacific region. Two submarine cables are scheduled to land at Luna, both currently in draft status and representing planned additions to the Philippines' expanding international connectivity. These cables collectively connect Luna to a broad set of countries spanning Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia, positioning it as part of important regional corridors.

The two cables landing at Luna — the Asia United Gateway East (AUG East) and the Asia Link Cable (ALC) — together reach destinations across Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. This combination of endpoints means Luna participates in both intercontinental Northeast Asian connectivity, extending as far as Japan and South Korea, and in the denser intra-Southeast Asian corridor linking the Philippines to the major cable hubs of Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei.

Cables Landing at Luna

Asia United Gateway East (AUG East) is a cable system spanning 8,900 kilometres with a draft ready-for-service (RFS) date of 2029. In addition to Luna in the Philippines, AUG East connects to landing points in Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea. Its reach into Northeast Asia — encompassing Japan and South Korea — alongside multiple Southeast Asian nations gives this system a broad intercontinental scope within the Asia-Pacific region.

Asia Link Cable (ALC) is a cable system measuring 7,200 kilometres, with a draft RFS date of 2027, making it the earlier of the two systems scheduled to arrive at Luna. ALC connects the Philippines to Brunei, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam. This system operates predominantly within the Southeast Asian corridor, with the addition of China extending its reach into Northeast Asia. Luna represents one of the Philippine landing points on this cable, alongside other ALC terminations distributed across the region.

Regional Context

Within the Philippines — a country where 26 submarine cables land across 71 landing points — Luna hosts two cables, placing it in the top 82% of Philippine landing points by cable count. Several other Philippine landing points host more cables, including Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and Taytay, each of which accommodates four cables, and Baler and Boracay, each with three. Luna's two-cable profile reflects a more specialised footprint compared to these multi-cable peers.

Network Role

Luna functions as a two-cable landing point serving both the Southeast Asian and Northeast Asian submarine cable corridors. Through AUG East, Luna connects to Japan and South Korea in addition to several Southeast Asian nations, while ALC ties it into the China–Southeast Asia corridor via Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and China. Both systems are in draft status, with ALC targeted for service in 2027 and AUG East in 2029, meaning Luna is positioned as an emerging rather than an established landing point in the Philippine cable network.

As the Philippines continues to expand its submarine cable infrastructure — already spanning 71 landing points — Luna's dual-cable configuration adds geographic diversity to the country's international connectivity, linking a single landing point into two distinct multi-country cable systems that together span 16,100 kilometres of combined route length.