More than 60 papers presented at the 1987 Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference on telecommunications needs, primarily in and around the Pacific region, are included in this volume. Contributions from major industry user groups, governments, developmental institutions, and the small user are represented. Four keynote addresses open the proceedings: (1) "The New Zealand Communications Environment: Goals, Demands, Pressures" (Jonathan Hunt); (2) "Consolidating Communication Services in a Multi-National Environment" (Edmond J. Blausten); (3) "Telecommunications and the Emerging Global Corporation" (R. W. Sturm); and (4) "International Users: Their Place in Planning" (Peter Smith). Papers are then presented chronologically to reflect the focus of the three conference days. Papers from the first day focus on large business and industrial users, including users and providers, user perspectives, national developments, and technical applications. Government and public users were examined on the second day, including public and private networks, using the broadcast medium, shared tenant services and teleports, and using information systems. National developments in Chile (paper is in Spanish), Canada, Japan, and Korea are presented in this section. Papers from the final day look at rural, remote, and small users, including the new environment, educational uses, and applications of small aperture earth stations. (MES)