MAC address vendor

ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A. — device identity Unknown

Primary prefix
00:20:60
Block
MA-L

Summary

// what this is
ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A is registered to MAC prefix 00:20:60 in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with 00:20:60, that block was registered by ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device.
// analyst note
The 24-bit prefix fixes the first-byte Group and Local bits at 0. A literal match identifies the registry assignment, not a device or shipment count. Changing either bit results in a different prefix.
[ 01 ] — Context

About this vendor.

Updated  ·  Confidence: High  ·  2 sources  ·  How this page is checked

A MAC address beginning with 00:20:60 identifies an IEEE MA-L assignment registered to ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A.; the available evidence does not identify a device type or product using it.

The assignment is 24 bits long, leaving 24 bits for the remaining address: 16,777,216 possible suffix values. This is a mathematical address-space count, not a count of devices or shipments. RFC 7042 explains that 48-bit MAC identifiers can use an initial OUI followed by additional bits, and that the Group and Local bits have special significance.

For this exact prefix, the first-byte Group bit is 0 and the Local bit is 0. Those values are fixed for a literal 00:20:60 match. If either bit changes, the address begins with a different prefix and no longer matches this assignment. A match supports identification of the registry assignment; it does not establish the device, product, operator, current vendor identity, or security state.

Vendor
A MAC beginning 00:20:60 matches the MA-L assignment to ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A. [Confirmed]
Device type
Unknown from supplied evidence [Unknown]
Assignment length
24 bits, leaving 24 suffix bits [Confirmed]
Possible suffix values
16,777,216; this is not a device count [Confirmed]
Company
ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A. [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Registry
MA-L [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Prefix
00:20:60 [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Country
Italy [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv
Device type
Unknown [Unknown]
Products
Unknown [Unknown]
Industry
Unknown [Unknown]
[ 02 ] — OUI prefixes

Assignments by IEEE.

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// registered prefixes1
  1. 00:20:60MA-L
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