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.infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Marconi Company Ltd</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:GEC_Marconi_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/GEC_Marconi_logo.svg/220px-GEC_Marconi_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/GEC_Marconi_logo.svg/330px-GEC_Marconi_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/GEC_Marconi_logo.svg/440px-GEC_Marconi_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="76" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Private company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">Telecommunications</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap">Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company (1897–1900)</span></li><li><span class="nowrap">Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company (1900–1963)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1897 (as Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company)</li><li>1900 (as Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company)</li><li>1963 (as Marconi Company Ltd)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi">Guglielmo Marconi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1987 (as Marconi Company Ltd)</li><li>2006 (as Marconi Corporation plc)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Acquired by <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Company" title="General Electric Company">GEC</a> (1968)</span></li><li>Renamed to <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/GEC-Marconi" class="mw-redirect" title="GEC-Marconi">GEC-Marconi</a> Ltd (1987)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/CMC_Electronics" title="CMC Electronics">CMC Electronics</a> (1903–present)</li><li><a href="/wiki/GEC-Marconi" class="mw-redirect" title="GEC-Marconi">GEC-Marconi Ltd</a> (1987–1998)</li><li><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a> (1999 to present)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Marconi_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Marconi plc">Marconi plc</a> (1999–2003)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Marconi_Corporation_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Marconi Corporation plc">Marconi Corporation plc</a> (2003–2006)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ericsson" title="Ericsson">Ericsson</a> (2005 to present)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Telent" title="Telent">Telent</a> (2005 to present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2989830?uselang=en#P159" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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<p>The <b>Marconi Company</b> was a British telecommunications and engineering company founded by Italian inventor <a href="/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi">Guglielmo Marconi</a> in 1897 which was a pioneer of wireless long distance communication and mass media broadcasting, eventually becoming one of the UK's most successful manufacturing companies. </p><p>Its roots were in the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company, which underwent several changes in name after mergers and acquisitions. In 1999, its defence equipment manufacturing division, <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Electronic_Systems" title="Marconi Electronic Systems">Marconi Electronic Systems</a>, merged with <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace" title="British Aerospace">British Aerospace</a> (BAe) to form <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a>. In 2006, financial difficulties led to the collapse of the remaining company, with the bulk of the business acquired by the Swedish telecommunications company, <a href="/wiki/Ericsson" title="Ericsson">Ericsson</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naming_history">Naming history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Naming history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1897–1900: The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company</li> <li>1900–1963: Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company</li> <li>1963–1987: Marconi Company Ltd</li> <li>1987–1998: GEC-Marconi Ltd</li> <li>1998–1999: <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Electronic_Systems" title="Marconi Electronic Systems">Marconi Electronic Systems Ltd</a></li> <li>1999–2003: Marconi plc, with <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Communications" title="Marconi Communications">Marconi Communications</a> as principal subsidiary</li> <li>2003–2006: Marconi Corporation plc</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Manson_working_as_an_employee_of_the_Marconi_Company.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Donald_Manson_working_as_an_employee_of_the_Marconi_Company.jpg/220px-Donald_Manson_working_as_an_employee_of_the_Marconi_Company.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Donald_Manson_working_as_an_employee_of_the_Marconi_Company.jpg/330px-Donald_Manson_working_as_an_employee_of_the_Marconi_Company.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Donald_Manson_working_as_an_employee_of_the_Marconi_Company.jpg/440px-Donald_Manson_working_as_an_employee_of_the_Marconi_Company.jpg 2x" data-file-width="633" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>An employee of the Marconi Company, England, 1906</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_with_engineers_and_scientists_-_RCA_radio_station_-_Hagley_Archives_-_restoration1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Albert_Einstein_with_engineers_and_scientists_-_RCA_radio_station_-_Hagley_Archives_-_restoration1.jpg/220px-Albert_Einstein_with_engineers_and_scientists_-_RCA_radio_station_-_Hagley_Archives_-_restoration1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Albert_Einstein_with_engineers_and_scientists_-_RCA_radio_station_-_Hagley_Archives_-_restoration1.jpg/330px-Albert_Einstein_with_engineers_and_scientists_-_RCA_radio_station_-_Hagley_Archives_-_restoration1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Albert_Einstein_with_engineers_and_scientists_-_RCA_radio_station_-_Hagley_Archives_-_restoration1.jpg/440px-Albert_Einstein_with_engineers_and_scientists_-_RCA_radio_station_-_Hagley_Archives_-_restoration1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5620" data-file-height="4035" /></a><figcaption>Marconi Wireless Station in <a href="/wiki/Somerset,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset, New Jersey">Somerset, New Jersey</a>, in 1921.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Radio_Times_-_1923-10-26_-_page_168_(Marconi).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Radio_Times_-_1923-10-26_-_page_168_%28Marconi%29.png/170px-Radio_Times_-_1923-10-26_-_page_168_%28Marconi%29.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Radio_Times_-_1923-10-26_-_page_168_%28Marconi%29.png/255px-Radio_Times_-_1923-10-26_-_page_168_%28Marconi%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Radio_Times_-_1923-10-26_-_page_168_%28Marconi%29.png/340px-Radio_Times_-_1923-10-26_-_page_168_%28Marconi%29.png 2x" data-file-width="383" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>Marconi advertisement from the 26 October 1923 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Radio_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="The Radio Times">The Radio Times</a></i>, threatening prosecution for infringements of Marconi patents. </figcaption></figure> <p>Marconi's "Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company" was formed on 20 July 1897 after a British patent for wireless technology was granted on 2 July that year. The company opened the world's first radio factory on Hall Street in <a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a> northeast of London in 1898 and was responsible for some of the most important advances in radio and television. These include: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Diode" title="Diode">diode</a> <a href="/wiki/Vacuum_tube" title="Vacuum tube">vacuum tube</a> in 1904 (<a href="/wiki/John_Ambrose_Fleming" title="John Ambrose Fleming">Fleming</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_crossing#Transatlantic_radio" title="Transatlantic crossing">Transatlantic</a> radio broadcasting<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between <a href="/wiki/Clifden" title="Clifden">Clifden</a>, Ireland and <a href="/wiki/Glace_Bay" title="Glace Bay">Glace Bay</a>, Nova Scotia, October 17, 1907.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_frequency" title="High frequency">High frequency</a> <a href="/wiki/Tuner_(radio)" title="Tuner (radio)">tuned</a> broadcasting</li> <li>Formation of the <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company" title="British Broadcasting Company">British Broadcasting Company</a> (later to become the independent BBC)</li> <li>Formation of the <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Wireless_Telegraph_Company_of_America" title="Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America">Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America</a> (assets acquired by <a href="/wiki/RCA" title="RCA">RCA</a> in 1920)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Marine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marconi Marine (page does not exist)">Marconi International Marine Communication Co.</a> (M.I.M.C.Co.), founded 1900 in London</li> <li>Compagnie de Télégraphie sans Fil (C.T.S.F.), founded 1900 in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">City of Brussels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Short wave">Short wave</a> <a href="/wiki/Light_beam" title="Light beam">beam</a> broadcasting</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li> <li>Television</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avionics" title="Avionics">Avionics</a></li></ul> <p>The subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Wireless_Telegraph_Company_of_America" title="Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America">Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America</a>, also called "American Marconi", was founded in 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the dominant radio communications provider in the US until the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Radio_Corporation_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Corporation of America">Radio Corporation of America</a> (RCA) in 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1900 the company's name was changed to "Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company" and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Training College was established in 1901. The company and factory was moved to <a href="/wiki/New_Street_Works" title="New Street Works">New Street Works</a> in 1912 to allow for production expansion in light of the RMS <a href="/wiki/RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Titanic"><i>Titanic</i></a> disaster. Along with private entrepreneurs, Marconi company formed in 1924 the <i><a href="/wiki/Unione_Radiofonica_Italiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Unione Radiofonica Italiana">Unione Radiofonica Italiana</a></i> (URI), which was granted by <a href="/wiki/Economic_policies_of_Fascist_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic policies of Fascist Italy">Mussolini's regime a monopoly</a> of radio broadcasts in 1924. After the war, URI became the <a href="/wiki/RAI" title="RAI">RAI</a>, which lives on to this day. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shoenberg" title="Isaac Shoenberg">Isaac Shoenberg</a> joined the company in 1914 and became joint general manager in 1924. After leaving Marconi in 1928 he went on to lead research at <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> where he was influential in the development of television broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1939, the <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Research_Centre" title="Marconi Research Centre">Marconi Research Laboratories</a> were founded at <a href="/wiki/Great_Baddow" title="Great Baddow">Great Baddow</a>, Essex. In 1941 there was a buyout of Marconi-<a href="/wiki/Ekco" class="mw-redirect" title="Ekco">Ekco</a> Instruments to form <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Instruments" title="Marconi Instruments">Marconi Instruments</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations_as_English_Electric_subsidiary">Operations as English Electric subsidiary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Operations as English Electric subsidiary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Street_Factory_Marconi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/New_Street_Factory_Marconi.jpg/220px-New_Street_Factory_Marconi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/New_Street_Factory_Marconi.jpg/330px-New_Street_Factory_Marconi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/New_Street_Factory_Marconi.jpg/440px-New_Street_Factory_Marconi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3132" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>New Street Factory in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a> acquired the Marconi Company in 1946 to complement its other operations: heavy electrical engineering, aircraft manufacture and its railway traction business. In 1948 the company was reorganised into four divisions: Communications, Broadcasting, Aeronautics and Radar. These had expanded to 13 manufacturing divisions by 1965 when a further reorganisation took place. The divisions were placed into three groups: Telecommunications, Components and Electronics. </p><p>At this time the Marconi Company had facilities at New Street Chelmsford, Baddow, Basildon, Billericay, and Writtle as well as in Wembley, Gateshead and Hackbridge. It also owned <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Instruments" title="Marconi Instruments">Marconi Instruments</a>, Sanders Electronics, Eddystone Radio and Marconi Italiana (based in <a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a>, Italy). In 1967 Marconi took over Stratton and Company to form Eddystone Radio. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_in_Canada">Expansion in Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Expansion in Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1903, Marconi founded the <a href="/wiki/CMC_Electronics" title="CMC Electronics">Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada</a> which was renamed as the Canadian Marconi Company in 1925. The radio business of the Canadian Marconi Company is known as Ultra Electronics TCS since 2002 and its avionic activities as <a href="/wiki/CMC_Electronics" title="CMC Electronics">CMC Electronics</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Esterline" title="Esterline">Esterline</a> since 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_as_GEC_subsidiary">Expansion as GEC subsidiary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Expansion as GEC subsidiary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1967 or 1968, English Electric was subject to a takeover bid by the <a href="/wiki/Plessey" title="Plessey">Plessey Company</a> but chose instead to accept an offer from the <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Company" title="General Electric Company">General Electric Company</a> (GEC). Under UK government pressure, the computer section of GEC, English Electric Leo Marconi (EELM), merged with <a href="/wiki/International_Computers_and_Tabulators" title="International Computers and Tabulators">International Computers and Tabulators</a> (ICT) to form <a href="/wiki/International_Computers_Limited" title="International Computers Limited">International Computers Limited</a> (ICL). The computer interests of <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Automation" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliott Automation">Elliott Automation</a> which specialised in real-time computing were amalgamated with those of Marconi's Automation Division to form Marconi-Elliott Computers, later renamed as <a href="/wiki/GEC_Computers" title="GEC Computers">GEC Computers</a>. In 1968 Marconi Space and Defence Systems and Marconi Underwater Systems were formed. </p><p>The Marconi Company continued as the primary defence subsidiary of GEC, GEC-Marconi. Marconi was renamed GEC-Marconi in 1987. During the period 1968–1999 GEC-Marconi/MES underwent significant expansion. </p><p>Acquisitions which were folded into the company and partnerships established included: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Defence operations of <a href="/wiki/Associated_Electrical_Industries" title="Associated Electrical Industries">Associated Electrical Industries</a> in 1968, AEI had been acquired in 1967.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Shipbuilders" title="Yarrow Shipbuilders">Yarrow Shipbuilders</a> in 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferranti" title="Ferranti">Ferranti</a> defence businesses in 1990</li> <li>Ferranti Dynamics in 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering" title="Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering">Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering</a> in 1995</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alenia_Marconi_Systems" title="Alenia Marconi Systems">Alenia Marconi Systems</a> in 1998, a defence electronics company and an equal shares joint venture between GEC-Marconi and <a href="/wiki/Finmeccanica" class="mw-redirect" title="Finmeccanica">Finmeccanica</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alenia_Difesa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alenia Difesa (page does not exist)">Alenia Difesa</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracor" title="Tracor">Tracor</a> in 1998.</li></ul> </div> <p>Other acquisitions included: </p> <ul><li>Divisions of <a href="/wiki/Plessey" title="Plessey">Plessey</a> in 1989 (others acquired by its partner in the deal, <a href="/wiki/Siemens_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Siemens AG">Siemens AG</a>, to meet with regulatory approval). <ul><li>Plessey Avionics</li> <li>Plessey Naval Systems</li> <li>Plessey Cryptography</li> <li>Plessey Electronic Systems (75%)</li> <li>Sippican</li> <li>Leigh Instruments</li></ul></li></ul> <p>In a major reorganisation of the company, GEC-Marconi was renamed <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Electronic_Systems" title="Marconi Electronic Systems">Marconi Electronic Systems</a> in 1996 and was separated from other non-defence assets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Since_1999">Since 1999</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Since 1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, GEC was broken up and parts sold off. Marconi Electronic Systems, which included its wireless assets, was demerged and sold to <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace" title="British Aerospace">British Aerospace</a> which then formed <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a>. </p><p>GEC, realigning itself as a primarily telecommunications company following the MES sale, retained the Marconi brand and renamed itself <a href="/wiki/Marconi_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Marconi plc">Marconi plc</a>. BAE were granted limited rights to continue use of the Marconi name in existing partnerships, which had ceased by 2005. Major spending and the <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_collapse" class="mw-redirect" title="Dot-com collapse">dot-com collapse</a> led to a major restructuring of the Marconi group in 2003: in a debt-for-<a href="/wiki/Equity_swap" title="Equity swap">equity swap</a>, shareholders retained 0.5% of the new company, <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Corporation_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Marconi Corporation plc">Marconi Corporation plc</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2005 the Swedish firm <a href="/wiki/Ericsson" title="Ericsson">Ericsson</a> offered to buy the Marconi name and most of the assets. The transaction was completed on 23 January 2006, effective as of 1 January 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remainder of the Marconi company, with some 2,000 staff working on telecommunications infrastructure in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, was renamed <a href="/wiki/Telent" title="Telent">Telent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Company&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See 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<li><a href="/wiki/GFS_Projects" title="GFS Projects">GFS Projects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GKN" title="GKN">GKN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hybrid_Air_Vehicles" title="Hybrid Air Vehicles">Hybrid Air Vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRVIN-GQ" title="IRVIN-GQ">IRVIN-GQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo_(company)" title="Leonardo (company)">Leonardo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland" title="AgustaWestland">AgustaWestland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo_(company)" title="Leonardo (company)">Finmeccanica UK Ltd</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_UK" title="Lockheed Martin UK">Lockheed Martin UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Aerospace_and_Defence_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group">Marshall Aerospace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin-Baker" title="Martin-Baker">Martin-Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meggitt" title="Meggitt">Meggitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qinetiq" title="Qinetiq">Qinetiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Holdings" title="Rolls-Royce Holdings">Rolls-Royce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowty_Propellers" title="Dowty Propellers">Rotol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safran_Landing_Systems" title="Safran Landing Systems">Safran Landing Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selex_ES" title="Selex ES">Selex ES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Brothers" title="Short Brothers">Short Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skyrora" title="Skyrora">Skyrora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swift_Aircraft" title="Swift Aircraft">Swift Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telespazio_VEGA_UK" title="Telespazio VEGA UK">Telespazio VEGA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thales_Air_Defence" title="Thales Air Defence">Thales Air Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thales_Optronics" title="Thales Optronics">Thales Optronics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TUI_Airways" title="TUI Airways">TUI Airways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultra_Electronics" title="Ultra Electronics">Ultra Electronics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADC_Aircraft" title="ADC Aircraft">ADC Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbott-Baynes_Sailplanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes">Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Motors" title="ABC Motors">ABC Motors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Navigation_and_Engineering_Company" title="Air Navigation and Engineering Company">Air Navigation and Engineering Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airco" title="Airco">Airco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Airscrew_Company" title="The Airscrew Company">The Airscrew Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airship_Industries" title="Airship Industries">Airship Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Ltd." title="Airspeed Ltd.">Airspeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airwork_Services" title="Airwork Services">Airwork Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Aircraft" title="Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft">Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrow_Aircraft_Ltd." title="Arrow Aircraft Ltd.">Arrow Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auster_Aircraft" title="Auster Aircraft">Auster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Motor_Company" title="Austin Motor Company">Austin Motor Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_Traders" title="Aviation Traders">Aviation Traders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro" title="Avro">Avro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beagle_Aircraft" title="Beagle Aircraft">Beagle Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Beardmore_and_Company" title="William Beardmore and Company">William Beardmore and Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Aircraft" title="Blackburn Aircraft">Blackburn Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulton_%26_Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Boulton & Paul">Boulton & Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulton_Paul_Aircraft" title="Boulton Paul Aircraft">Boulton Paul Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Aeroplane_Company" title="Bristol Aeroplane Company">Bristol Aeroplane Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Aerial_Transport" title="British Aerial Transport">British Aerial Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace" title="British Aerospace">British Aerospace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Aircraft_Company" title="British Aircraft Company">British Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Aircraft_Corporation" title="British Aircraft Corporation">British Aircraft Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Aircraft_Manufacturing" title="British Aircraft Manufacturing">British Aircraft Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BTR_Aerospace_Group" title="BTR Aerospace Group">BTR Aerospace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Aircraft_Company" title="Central Aircraft Company">Central Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilton_Aircraft" title="Chilton Aircraft">Chilton Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrislea_Aircraft" title="Chrislea Aircraft">Chrislea Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_%26_Shuttleworth" title="Clayton & Shuttleworth">Clayton & Shuttleworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comper_Aircraft_Company" title="Comper Aircraft Company">Comper Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cunliffe-Owen_Aircraft" title="Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft">Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dart_Aircraft" title="Dart Aircraft">Dart Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland" title="De Havilland">de Havilland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Aeronautical_Technical_School" title="De Havilland Aeronautical Technical School">Aeronautical Technical School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Propellers" title="De Havilland Propellers">Propellers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desoutter_Aircraft_Company" title="Desoutter Aircraft Company">Desoutter Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowty_Group" title="Dowty Group">Dowty Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunlop_Standard_Aerospace_Group" title="Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group">Dunlop Standard Aerospace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._D._Abbott_Ltd" title="E. D. Abbott Ltd">ED Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Percival_Aircraft" title="Edgar Percival Aircraft">Edgar Percival Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliotts_of_Newbury" title="Elliotts of Newbury">Elliotts of Newbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euravia" class="mw-redirect" title="Euravia">Euravia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Aviation_Company" title="Fairey Aviation Company">Fairey Aviation Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fane_Aircraft_Company" title="Fane Aircraft Company">Fane Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferranti" title="Ferranti">Ferranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folland_Aircraft" title="Folland Aircraft">Folland Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster,_Wikner_Aircraft" title="Foster, Wikner Aircraft">Foster, Wikner Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garland_Aircraft_Company" title="Garland Aircraft Company">Garland Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Aircraft_Limited" title="General Aircraft Limited">General Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Company" title="General Electric Company">General Electric Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster_Aircraft_Company" title="Gloster Aircraft Company">Gloster Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grahame-White" title="Grahame-White">Grahame-White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handley_Page" title="Handley Page">Handley Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hants_and_Sussex_Aviation" title="Hants and Sussex Aviation">Hants and Sussex Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Aircraft" title="Hawker Aircraft">Hawker Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley" title="Hawker Siddeley">Hawker Siddeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heston_Aircraft_Company" title="Heston Aircraft Company">Heston Aircraft Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hewlett_%26_Blondeau" title="Hewlett & Blondeau">Hewlett & Blondeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hordern-Richmond" title="Hordern-Richmond">Hordern-Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_Aircraft" title="Hunting Aircraft">Hunting Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsbury_Aviation" title="Kingsbury Aviation">Kingsbury Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakes_Flying_Company" title="Lakes Flying Company">Lakes Flying Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindstrand_Balloons" title="Lindstrand Balloons">Lindstrand Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Aircraft" title="Luton Aircraft">Luton Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._B._Arpin_%26_Co." title="M. B. Arpin & Co.">M. B. Arpin & Co.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Marconi Company</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marconi_Electronic_Systems" title="Marconi Electronic Systems">Electronic Systems</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsyde" title="Martinsyde">Martinsyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_Marconi_Space" title="Matra Marconi Space">Matra Marconi Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Aircraft" title="Miles Aircraft">Miles Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Brothers_Aircraft" title="Moss Brothers Aircraft">Moss Brothers Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Napier_%26_Son" title="D. Napier & Son">D. Napier & Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_%26_Thompson" title="Nash & Thompson">Nash & Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Aircraft_Factory_No._2" title="National Aircraft Factory No. 2">National Aircraft Factory No. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nieuport_%26_General_Aircraft" title="Nieuport & General Aircraft">Nieuport & General Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Thompson_Flight_Company" title="Norman Thompson Flight Company">Norman Thompson Flight Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parnall" title="Parnall">Parnall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parnall_%26_Sons" title="Parnall & Sons">Parnall & Sons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Victoria_Marine_Experimental_Aircraft_Depot" title="Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot">Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lang_Propellers" title="Lang Propellers">Lang Propellers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reaction_Engines_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Reaction Engines Limited">Reaction Engines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reid_and_Sigrist" title="Reid and Sigrist">Reid and Sigrist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollason_Aircraft_and_Engines" title="Rollason Aircraft and Engines">Rollason Aircraft and Engines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment" title="Royal Aircraft Establishment">Royal Aircraft Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunders-Roe" title="Saunders-Roe">Saunders-Roe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Aviation" title="Scottish Aviation">Scottish Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_Experimental_Station" title="Seaplane Experimental Station">Seaplane Experimental Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selex_ES" title="Selex ES">SELEX Galileo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SELEX_Sistemi_Integrati" title="SELEX Sistemi Integrati">SELEX Sistemi Integrati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddeley-Deasy" title="Siddeley-Deasy">Siddeley-Deasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Aviation_Company" title="Sopwith Aviation Company">Sopwith Aviation Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartan_Aircraft_Ltd" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan Aircraft Ltd">Spartan Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine" title="Supermarine">Supermarine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Limited" title="Vickers Limited">Vickers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Aircraft" title="Westland Aircraft">Westland Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Helicopters" title="Westland Helicopters">Westland Helicopters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Samuel_White" title="J. Samuel White">J. Samuel White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">government and<br />regulatory bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Aviation_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)">Civil Aviation Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Electronics_and_Components_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence Electronics and Components Agency">Defence Electronics and Components Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Science_and_Technology_Laboratory" title="Defence Science and Technology Laboratory">Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Aviation_Safety_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="European Aviation Safety Agency">European Aviation Safety Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Infrastructure<br />providers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arqiva" title="Arqiva">Arqiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babcock_International" title="Babcock International">Babcock International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BT_Wholesale_and_Ventures" title="BT Wholesale and Ventures">BT Wholesale and Ventures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CityFibre" title="CityFibre">CityFibre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCOM_Group" title="KCOM Group">KCOM Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nexfibre" title="Nexfibre">Nexfibre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Openreach" title="Openreach">Openreach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interxion" title="Interxion">Interxion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TelecityGroup" title="TelecityGroup">TelecityGroup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telehouse_Europe" title="Telehouse Europe">Telehouse Europe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; background-color:#eee">Service<br />providers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_%26_Arnold" title="Andrews & Arnold">Andrews & Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asda_Mobile" title="Asda Mobile">Asda Mobile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT Group</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/BT_Consumer" title="BT Consumer">BT Consumer</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/BT_Business_and_Public_Sector" title="BT Business and Public Sector">BT Business and Public Sector</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/BT_Global_Services" title="BT Global Services">BT Global Services</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/EE_(telecommunications)" title="EE (telecommunications)">EE</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Plusnet" title="Plusnet">Plusnet</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Mobile" title="China Mobile">China Mobile</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/China_Mobile#United_Kingdom" title="China Mobile">CMLink</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claranet" title="Claranet">Claranet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Technology_Services" title="Colt Technology Services">Colt Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Phone_Co-op" title="The Phone 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