The Asia Pacific Route Incorporating Cognitive Optical Transport (APRICOT) subsea cable system is a 12,000-kilometer subsea cable connecting Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.

The APRICOT cable system will feature a state-of-the-art submersible reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing wavelength selective switch for a gridless and flexible bandwidth configuration, based on space division multiplexing design.

The main trunk of the APRICOT cable system consists of 12 fiber pairs, each having an initial design capacity of approximately 17.6 Tbps using, for a total system capacity of approximately 211 Tbps. According to various news, the Apricot cable system has been upgraded to a system capacity of 290 Tbps, or approximately 24 Tbps per fiber pair.

The APRICOT consortium comprises NTT, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), PLDT, Google and Meta. The APRICOT cable system is supplied by SubCom.

NTT is responsible for operating and managing three cable landing stations for the APRICOT cable system: Minamiboso CLS in Japan, Tuas CLS in Singapore and a cable landing station in Indonesia.

PLDT builds new cable landing stations in Luzon and Mindanao as part of the APRICOT cable system. 

Segments, Landing Stations and Ownership

• Main trunk: connecting Tuas, Singapore, to Minami Boso, Japan, with 12 fiber pairs and a length of 8,232 kilometers. NTT owns 2FPs, CHT 1FP, PLDT 1FP, Google 4FPs, Meta 4FPs. 

• Tanjung Pakis Branch: connecting Tanjung Pakis, Indonesia, with a branching unit on the Main Trunk, with 10 fiber pairs and a length of 242 kilometers. NTT owns 4FPs, CHT 2FPs, Google 2FPs, Meta 2FPs.

• Batam Branch: connecting Batam, Indonesia, with a branching unit on the Main Trunk, with 14 fiber pairs and a length of 8 kilometers. NTT owns 4FPs, CHT 2FPs, Google 2FPs, Meta 6FPs.

• Davao Branch: connecting Davao, Philippines, with a branching unit on the Main Trunk, with 4 fiber pairs and a length of 181 kilometers. PLDT owns 2FPS, Meta 2FPs.

• Baler Branch: connecting Baler, Philippines, with a branching unit on the Main Trunk, with 15 fiber pairs and a length of 479 kilometers. PLDT owns 2FPs, Google 6FPs, Meta 7FPs.

• Agat Branch: connecting Agat, Guam, to a branching unit on the Main Trunk, with 13 fiber pairs and a length of 2,198 kilometers. PLDT owns 1FPs, Google 6FPs, Meta 6FPs.

• Taiwan branch: connecting Toucheng, Taiwan to a branching unit on the Main Trunk, with 16 fiber pairs and a length of 632 kilometers. CHT owns 2FPs, NTT 2FPs, PLDT 1/2 FP, Google 6FPs, Meta 5.5 FPs.

• Five unused branching units: to connect the Main Trunk to Perth, Australia; Surabaya, Indonesia; Makassar, Indonesia; Balikpapan, Indonesia; and Palau.

Landing Parties

• NTT: the landing party for Minami Boso, Japan; Tuas, Singapore; Tanjung Pakis and Batam, Indonesia. 
• PLDT: the landing party for Davao and Baler, Philippines.
• CHT: the landing party for Toucheng, Taiwan.
• Google (GU Holdings): the landing party for Agat, Guam, USA.

As of March 2025, PLDT has completed the cable laying for the branches of the APRICOT cable system to Baler in Aurora and Digos in Davao. And it's said, the APRICOT cable system won't be put into operation until 2027 or even later, due to permitting issues in Indonesia.