Amino Communications — 2 prefixes (MA-L)
Summary
- // what this is
- Amino Communications is registered to MAC prefix
00:02:02and 1 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:02:02, that block was registered by Amino Communications — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- Two IEEE MA-L blocks plus a live, actively-trading UK company with a documented product line and independently-verified device models (via NVD CVEs) — a substantive multi-OUI vendor, not a bare single-OUI shell.
About this vendor.
Amino Communications is a Cambridge, UK-based IPTV and pay-TV hardware vendor holding two IEEE MA-L blocks: the older 00:02:02 (registered under the terser "Amino Communications, Ltd." with a bare Times House address) and the newer 5C:0F:FB (registered under "Amino Communications Ltd" at Cambourne Business Park). The two blocks, filed decades apart with slightly different legal-name renderings, are consistent with a single long-lived registrant rather than two unrelated shells. Corporate records confirm the company is genuinely active: UK Companies House lists it as company #03490180, incorporated 1998-01-08, status Active, and as of March 2026 it changed hands to Sapphire Technology Group — an ownership transition, not a wind-down. Amino's product line (Aria and AK-series Android set-top boxes, digital-signage players) is independently corroborated by a 2020 security disclosure naming five CVEs against specific Amino firmware and device models, which Amino resolved and now documents via a standing responsible-disclosure program. Taken together, this is a substantive, verifiable network-hardware vendor, not a bare OUI registration.
- IEEE assignment
- two MA-L prefixes — 00:02:02 ("Amino Communications, Ltd.") and 5C:0F:FB ("Amino Communications Ltd"); no MA-M or MA-S blocks found for this org [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (R1-registry, W1-web cross-check)
- Registered addresses (registry, legacy — differ per block)
- 00:02:02 → Times House, UK CB4 5LH; 5C:0F:FB → 1010 Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambs, GB CB23 6DP [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry
- Company status
- Active — UK Companies House #03490180, incorporated 1998-01-08, registered office Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge, England CB2 1PH; acquired March 2026 by Sapphire Technology Group Limited (ownership change, company remains active) [Confirmed] — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03490180, https://invidis.com/news/2026/03/ma-amino-acquired-by-private-investor/
- Device types
- IPTV/pay-TV set-top boxes and Android-based media players (AK45x, AK5xx, AK65x, Aria6xx, Aria7/AK7xx, Kami7B lines), plus digital-signage/enterprise-TV devices [Confirmed] — https://www.amino.tv/set-top-boxes, https://www.amino.tv/amino-devices
- Security context
- five CVEs (CVE-2020-10206 through -10210, CVSS up to 9.9 critical) disclosed 2020-12-18 against Amino STB firmware across the above device lines; vendor resolved the findings and maintains an active responsible-disclosure program [Confirmed] — https://andre-oudhof.medium.com/pwning-my-isps-stbs-c5e78544274d, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10208, https://www.amino.tv/responsible-disclosure-policy
- Date registered (per OUI block)
- Unknown / not applicable — IEEE publishes no OUI assignment/registration date in the IEEE MA-L registry for either block; any third-party "date registered" is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry
- Website
- https://www.amino.tv/ (legacy domain aminocom.com also referenced in older material) [Confirmed] — https://www.amino.tv/
- Related vendors
- none identified (Sapphire Technology Group is the current parent as of the March 2026 acquisition, not a separate OUI holder) [Likely] — https://invidis.com/news/2026/03/ma-amino-acquired-by-private-investor/