Oversimplified, The caller-pays model of telephone compensations was a way to funnel money from richer countries to poorer countries with government-owned telep

Oversimplified, The caller-pays model of telephone compensations was a way to funnel money from richer countries to poorer countries with government-owned telephone monopolies. This fell apart with the internet where the state telecoms had to pay for pipes to western carriers because they had all the desirable content. This situation with the ITU is all about recreating that money flow.