In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants from a server. In one embodiment, the approach entails receiving an invite to an Internet telephony session from an Internet telephony caller device, wherein the invite to the Internet telephony session includes an Internet address of the Internet telephony caller device. Additionally, the approach includes a retrieving of a geographical location corresponding to the Internet address of the Internet telephony caller device, and collecting geographical location information associated with the retrieved geographical location.