Difference between revisions of "GEC"
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Revision as of 15:45, 23 November 2009
GEC (formerly the General Electric Company, not to be confused with the US company General Electric) was an arms company based in the UK. The Company was was renamed Marconi Corporation plc in 1999 after its defence arm was sold to British Aerospace. In 2005-6 Ericsson purchased the bulk of Marconi and the remaining businesses were renamed Telent plc.[1][2]
Resources
External resources
- Wikipedia The General Electric Company
- Wikipedia Ericsson
- Wikipedia Telent plc
Notes
- ↑ IPD Group GEC History, accessed 10 March 2009
- ↑ Ericsson buys Marconi: £1.2bn for assets and name By John Oates The Register, 25th October 2005 09:24 GMT
