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 (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, a telecommunications company formed by the remainder of GEC
- Marconi Corporation plc, the May 2003-established British telecommunications company formed by the restructuring of Marconi plc. Parts acquired by Ericsson 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 after parts were bought by Ericsson
- 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
- Marconi (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
- 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
- the Marconi supercomputer hosted in Italy
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