Most of these
are short, informal documents, intended as a brief
introduction rather than detailed factual histories—
Click on a topic—
AEI history (mentioning Siemens
Brothers).
Antwerp's
twin phone makers, ATEA and BTMC.
Australia.
British
L.M. Ericsson.
BRITISH TELECOM privatisation.
BUDAVOX.
CASWELL
(one-time Plessey site, now the research base of Marconi
Materials Technology).
Suppliers' names frequently
CONFUSED
GEC History.
Main telephone manufacturers in
GERMANY, 1930 and 1970.
HULL
Corporation (now Kingston Communications), plus a brief
reference to other municipal telephone systems in
Britain.
Republic
of IRELAND.
Isle
of MAN.
ITT manufacturing in the USA.
MARCONI company history.
NEC
company history.
Autumn
1999 and the PLESSEY name re-emerges in the UK.
SIEMENS
in Germany and the UK.
SPRINT.
British THOMSON HOUSTON Company (not a telephone
company but included for completeness).
French THOMSON HOUSTON Company (which did
make telephones).
STROWGER WORKS—Ostensibly
the story of the Edge Lane plant in Liverpool but more
like a microcosm of the UK telephone industry. Early
automatic systems, introduction of the Director in
London, overseas installations and much more.
WESTERN
ELECTRIC.
WHEN IS A BELL NOT A BELL?
Technology firms with 'Bell' in their title.
