Synergistic Technologies takes satellite connections into the age of the Internet.(Special Report: Telecommunications)

Company stakes out a market that is still waiting to blossom

CANONSBURG - Synergistic Technologies Inc. is the latest high-tech firm poised for a risky gamble on the prospect of explosive growth.

The difference between this telecommunications venture and many of its flash-in-the-pan counterparts lies in its track record.

With its ability to design, install and manage slick, high-speed, high-bandwidth satellite systems, the company has wired some high-profile clients over the last 22 years.

When the Persian Gulf War ended, STI Transnet Services - the operating unit of Synergistic that provides voice, video, data, telephony and digital audio services - broadcast some of the first pictures from Kuwait City to the European Broadcasting Union.

Throughout much of the Bosnian conflict, STI provided telephony services for humanitarian workers and journalists. And …