ELECOM CO., LTD. — multiple prefixes (MA-L)

A MAC address starting with one of ELECOM's six registered MA-L prefixes — 38:97:A4, 04:AB:18, BC:5C:4C, 48:04:9F, 00:0F:95, or 00:90:FE — belongs to ELECOM CO., LTD., a Japanese consumer-electronics and computer-peripherals manufacturer, typically seen on peripherals, storage accessories, or networking hardware such as cables and hubs.

ELECOM is a real, identifiable company: publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (ticker 6750), founded in 1986 in Osaka, Japan, and headquartered per the IEEE registry at 2F Kudan First Place Bldg., 4-1-28 Kudan Kita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Its product lines span mice, keyboards, speakers, USB/SD storage, card readers, and networking cables/hubs.

ELECOM's registered MA-L holdings extend beyond a single OUI. The cached IEEE registry directly confirms six ELECOM-assigned MA-L prefixes across four registrant-string variants: three under "ELECOM CO.,LTD." at the Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo headquarters address (38:97:A4, 04:AB:18, BC:5C:4C), one under "ELECOM CO., LTD" at an Osaka office address (48:04:9F), and two carrying an explicit Laneed-division registrant string — "ELECOM Co.,LTD Laneed Division" (00:0F:95) and "ELECOM CO., LTD. (LANEED DIV.)" (00:90:FE). The registry also confirms zero MA-M and zero MA-S assignments for ELECOM. This multi-OUI footprint, combined with an identifiable parent company and genuine device context, is why the entry is treated as substantive rather than a bare single-OUI shell.

One open item remains after this pass: no CVE or JVN (Japan Vulnerability Notes) advisory history for Elecom networking devices could be located — this is recorded as Unknown, not as a confirmed absence of vulnerabilities. The Laneed-division question from the prior pass is resolved by the registry itself: two of the six MA-L blocks (00:0F:95, 00:90:FE) are registered directly under "Laneed Division" / "(LANEED DIV.)" registrant strings, confirming Laneed as an ELECOM-registered division rather than an unverified aggregator name variant. Whether Laneed is a historically absorbed brand or an internal division, and any further corporate-history detail beyond the registrant string itself, remains Unknown.

No registration date is published by IEEE for any of these six prefixes. Third-party aggregator timestamps (e.g. maclookup.app's "First Seen" values of 1998-04-22, 2004-04-03, 2015-11-17, 2018-12-08, and 2020-08-01 across the different ELECOM entries) are scraper/database artifacts of that aggregator's own tracking process, not IEEE-published assignment dates, and must not be recorded as such.

IEEE assignment

six MA-L prefixes across four registrant-string variants → ELECOM CO., LTD. and its Laneed division, registered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (5 blocks) and Osaka (1 block), JP [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (cached IEEE OUI registry)

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); 6 confirmed prefixes, 0 MA-M, 0 MA-S [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry; the IEEE MA-M registry; the IEEE MA-S registry

Per-block registrant detail

38:97:A4, 04:AB:18, BC:5C:4C → "ELECOM CO.,LTD.", 2F Kudan First Place Bldg. 4-1-28 Chiyoda-ku Kudan Kita, JP 102-0073; 48:04:9F → "ELECOM CO., LTD", 9FLand Axis Tower, 1-1 fushimi machi, 4-chome, chuoku, Osaka, JP 5418765; 00:0F:95 → "ELECOM Co.,LTD Laneed Division", 8F Kanda-Muromachi Bldg., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP 101-0052; 00:90:FE → "ELECOM CO., LTD. (LANEED DIV.)", Tokyu Bancho Bldg., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP 102-0081

[Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

HQ / country

2F Kudan First Place Bldg., 4-1-28 Kudan Kita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, JP [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (IEEE MA-L)

Company status

active; publicly traded, Tokyo Stock Exchange ticker 6750, founded 1986 in Osaka [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecom

Device types

computer peripherals (mice, keyboards, speakers), storage (USB drives, SD cards, HDD/SSD, card readers), networking cables and hubs [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecom

Notable products

consumer/SOHO networking equipment (routers, NAS, switches) via subsidiary Logitec Corporation [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecom

Verified prefixes (MA-L, ELECOM CO., LTD. and Laneed division)

38:97:A4, 04:AB:18, BC:5C:4C, 48:04:9F, 00:0F:95, 00:90:FE [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Laneed division note

the registry directly confirms Laneed as an ELECOM-registered division — 00:0F:95 is registered under "ELECOM Co.,LTD Laneed Division" and 00:90:FE under "ELECOM CO., LTD. (LANEED DIV.)" [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry. Whether Laneed is a historically absorbed brand or an internal networking division remains unverified beyond the registrant string

[Unknown] — n/a

Registration date

none published by IEEE; third-party "First Seen" timestamps (1998-04-22, 2004-04-03, 2015-11-17, 2018-12-08, 2020-08-01) are aggregator database artifacts, not IEEE facts [Confirmed] — https://maclookup.app/vendors/elecom

Security context

no CVE/JVN advisory history for Elecom networking devices located in this research pass [Unknown] — n/a

Related vendors

Logitec Corporation (Elecom subsidiary, networking equipment maker); DX Antenna (Elecom subsidiary) [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecom

Analyst note

six confirmed MA-L OUI assignments (zero MA-M, zero MA-S) plus an identifiable, publicly traded parent company with genuine networking-adjacent product context make this a substantive vendor entry, not a bare single-OUI shell.