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Marconi Company. The Marconi Company was a British telecommunications and engineering company that did business under that name from 1963 to 1987. Its roots were in the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company founded by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi in 1897, which underwent several changes in name after mergers and acquisitions.
Marconi Communications. Marconi Communications, the former telecommunications arm of Britain's General Electric Company plc (GEC), was founded in August 1998 through the amalgamation of GEC Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) with other GEC subsidiaries: Marconi SpA, GEC Hong Kong, and ATC South Africa. In December 1999, it became the principal ...
May 13, 2022 · Learn how Guglielmo Marconi sent the world's first radio message across the Bristol Channel from Weston-super-Mare in 1897, and how his invention changed the world of communication. Find out about his role in the Titanic disaster, the BBC's origins and his legacy in Somerset.
The Marconi Company was a leading member of a consortium of electrical equipment manufacturers that formed the British Broadcasting Company, whilst in the US the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was a parent of National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) that had been created by the forced takeover of Marconi’s US assets in 1919.
The company's major divisions would be Marconi Communications, which made advanced telecommunications equipment for voice and data transmission, and Marconi Systems, which consisted of three U.S. high-tech companies: Picker, renamed Medical Systems, was a world leader in medical imaging; Gibarco, renamed Commerce Systems, was a leading supplier of petroleum retailing equipment and systems; and ...
A collection of archives of Marconi and related companies, covering wireless telegraphy, electronics, engineering and domestic appliances. Includes papers of Guglielmo Marconi and Hugo Hirst, as well as other personal and business records.
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Apr 25, 2024 · Learn how Guglielmo Marconi, the radio pioneer, influenced the birth of the BBC and the broadcasting industry. Discover his achievements, his vision, his legacy and his death in this article by Tim Wander, Marconi Historian.