Marconi Communications [SEP] inception
Marconi Communications
Marconi Communications, the former telecommunications arm of the 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.
In December 1999, it became the principal subsidiary of Marconi plc, which was formed by the renaming of the entity left out of GEC, when GEC's defence arm, Marconi Electronic Systems, was merged with British Aerospace to form BAE Systems.
was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- In 1977, Marconi was inducted into the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
- In 1988, the Radio Hall of Fame (Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago) inducted Marconi as a Pioneer (soon after the inception of its awards).
- In 1990, the Bank of Italy issued a 2,000 lire banknote featuring his portrait on the front and on the back his accomplishments.
- In 2001, Great Britain released a commemorative British two pound coin