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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 Ericsson purchased the bulk of Marconi and the remaining businesses were renamed Telent plc.^[1]

↑ IPD Group GEC History, accessed 10 March 2009

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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. ~~It became~~ [[Marconi]] ~~which~~ was ~~in turn split into~~ [[~~Telent~~]] ~~and~~ the ~~rest~~ of the ~~company sold to~~ [[~~Ericsson~~]].	+	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 [[Ericsson]] purchased the bulk of Marconi and the remaining businesses were renamed [[Telent plc]].<ref>IPD Group [http://www.ipdgroup.com.au/Page/About+Us/GEC+History.aspx GEC History], accessed 10 March 2009</ref>

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