This volume comprises the papers presented at the 1998 conference of the Pacific Telecommunications Council. This PTC'98 gathering focused on "Coping with Convergence." These 20th anniversary conference proceedings present at least one contribution on 59 countries and territories. The 120 papers in this volume are arranged chronologically, according to date of presentation. Topics covered in the papers include: total quality management; rural telecommunications; information policies; satellite/wireless communications; global fiber optic systems; national information infrastructure; regulations; universal services; access and interconnection; convergence in the workplace; Asynchronous Transmission (ATM)-based telemedicine; Internet Roaming; cellular mobile phones; deregulations/regulations; information cities; global searching; microwave radio links; service management; cable television and telephony; convergence of industries and services; information futures; competition; virtual classrooms; privatization; undersea cable developments; distance education; digital video; Internet industries; coding schemes; security; electronic government; voice mail services; and scrambling. Subject, country, and author indexes are included. (AEF)