Marconi (disambiguation)
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Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) was an Italian radio pioneer.
Marconi may also refer to:
Businesses
- Marconi Company, the former 1963 established British telecommunications company, which later in 1968 amalgamated into The General Electric Company (GEC). Founded originally in 1897 as the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company by Guglielmo Marconi
- Marconi Electronic Systems, the former defence arm of GEC. Later acquired by British Aerospace (BAe) to form BAE Systems in December 1999
- Marconi plc, the former December 1999 established British telecommunications company formed by the renaming of GEC
- Marconi Corporation plc, the former May 2003 established British telecommunications company formed by the restructuring of Marconi plc. Later acquired by Ericsson and Telent in 2005.
- Marconi Communications, the former telecommunications arm of GEC founded in August 1998. Later in December 1999, a subsidiary of Marconi plc; eventually in May 2003, part of Marconi Corporation plc
- Telent, a successor company of Marconi plc
- Alenia Marconi Systems, former British-Italian defence electronics company
- Matra Marconi Space, former Franco-British aerospace company
Places
- Canada
- Marconi National Historic Sites of Canada, Nova Scotia
- United States
- Marconi, California, a place in Marin County, California
Other uses
- Marconi (surname)
- Marconi Radio Awards, presented to top radio broadcasters and stations.
- Marconi Stallions, Sydney football club.
- Marconi class submarine, Italian class of submarine.
- Marconi scandal, British political scandal.
- Marconi rig, common rigging configuration on sailboats (also known as a Bermuda rig).
- Guglielmo Marconi Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Marconi University, Italy
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