Marconi (disambiguation)

Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) was an Italian radio pioneer.

Marconi may also refer to:

Businesses

• Marconi Company, British telecommunications company established in 1963, which in 1968 amalgamated into the General Electric Company plc (GEC). Founded in 1897 as the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company by Guglielmo Marconi
  • Marconi Electronic Systems, the former defence arm of GEC. 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. Acquired by Ericsson and Telent in 2005.
  • Marconi Communications, the former telecommunications arm of GEC founded in August 1998. In December 1999, a subsidiary of Marconi plc; in May 2003, it became part of Marconi Corporation plc
• Marconi Instruments, a former British electronic instruments company
• Telent, a successor company of Marconi plc
• Alenia Marconi Systems, former British-Italian defence electronics company
• Matra Marconi Space, former Franco-British aerospace company
• Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America, U.S. subsidiary of the parent British firm from 1899 until 1919 when it was reorganized as the Radio Corporation of America.

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
• Marconi, a mountain in Peru
• Marconi Union, an English musical trio