A method, computer program product, and program for originating a billed
transaction at an origin telephony device are provided. A request to
originate a billed transaction is received from an origin device. The
identity of a callee answering a call originated by the origin device is
authenticated. Responsive to receiving an acceptance of the call by the
callee, an account accessed by the authenticated identity of said callee
is billed to complete said billed transaction, such that the origin
device is enabled to initiate the billed transaction charged to the
callee. In particular, a service associated with the billed transaction
may only available for a particular callee or selection of callees. In
addition, the callee may elect which account to charge for the billed
transaction. Further, the identity of the caller originating the call at
the origin device is forwarded to the callee.