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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, 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.
150 years ago, on Saturday 25th April 1874, Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, the man who would pioneer the science of radio communication and build a world-wide electronic empire, was born in...
Marconi was also an entrepreneur, businessman, and founder of The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in the United Kingdom in 1897 (which became the Marconi Company). In 1929, Marconi was ennobled as a Marchese (marquis) by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and, in 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI .
Jul 20, 1998 · Guglielmo Marconi (born April 25, 1874, Bologna, Italy—died July 20, 1937, Rome) was an Italian physicist and inventor of a successful wireless telegraph, or radio (1896). In 1909 he received the Nobel Prize for Physics, which he shared with German physicist Ferdinand Braun.
May 24, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Guglielmo Marconi, the father of wireless communications, who founded the Marconi Company and played a key role in the birth of the BBC. Discover how he overcame physical obstacles, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and pioneered broadcasting and short waves.
The Marconi International Marine Communication Company Ltd. was formed on 25 April to take-over the maritime business of the Company. 1901 First Transatlantic Signal In 1901, Marconi achieved communication over 198 miles between the Isle of Wight and the Lizard in Cornwall.
