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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

GEC: Extract from 'Written in Flames'

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

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