Melbourne, Australia Anchorsite for SIP Connections

Telnyx has added a Melbourne, Australia anchorsite for SIP connections, expanding local voice anchoring in the APAC region. Melbourne joins Sydney as Telnyx's second anchorsite in Australia and the 18th+ PoP globally, providing additional redundancy and lower latency for customers across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia.

What's new

• Melbourne, Australia anchorsite: New anchor location for SIP connections, adding a second Australian site alongside Sydney
• APAC expansion: Strengthens Telnyx's regional footprint with improved routing options for Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia

Why it matters

Customers running SIP trunks in Australia previously relied on a single anchorsite in Sydney. Adding Melbourne provides a second domestic anchoring point, reducing latency for traffic originating in southern and eastern Australia and offering redundancy for mission-critical voice infrastructure. Calls stay on Telnyx's private backbone from end to end, avoiding public internet hops that degrade voice quality.

Example use cases

• Contact centers serving Australian customers can select Melbourne as their anchorsite for lower latency in Victoria and southern states
• Enterprises with SIP trunks in Australia gain redundancy by anchoring traffic through Melbourne instead of routing everything through Sydney
• Regional carriers terminating traffic in Australia can reduce round-trip latency by selecting the closest anchorsite

Getting started

1. Log in to the Telnyx Mission Control Portal
2. Navigate to Voice → SIP Trunking → SIP Connections
3. Create a new connection or edit an existing one
4. Select Melbourne, Australia as your anchorsite
5. Save and test your connection

Learn more in the SIP Connection Settings documentation.