HMD Global Oy — 31 prefixes (MA-L); Nokia-/HMD-branded phones, OUI = brand

HMD Global Oy is the Finnish company (Espoo) that has built and sold Nokia-branded phones since December 2016, when former Nokia executives acquired the brand-licensing rights; since 2024 it also ships devices under its own HMD brand. The IEEE registry shows 31 MA-L (24-bit OUI) blocks registered to "HMD Global Oy" at Bertel Jungin aukio 9, Espoo, FI 02600 — with no MA-M or MA-S allocations — a footprint consistent with a manufacturer at meaningful global smartphone scale. A MAC drawn from this space is almost always a consumer handset: a Nokia-branded or HMD-branded Android smartphone or a feature phone. On a corporate or monitored network, treat it as a BYOD smartphone; on a home network, as an ordinary handset. Two caveats matter for triage. First, modern Android devices use MAC randomization by default on Wi-Fi (locally-administered bit set), so many HMD/Nokia phones present an address that does not resolve to this OUI at all — a globally-administered HMD OUI reliably identifies the hardware, but its absence does not mean "not HMD." Second, manufacturing is outsourced (to FIH Mobile, a Foxconn subsidiary) and some low-volume or older devices may instead surface under a chipset or module vendor's OUI. HMD's newer HMD Secure subsidiary (e.g. HMD Ivalo XE, HMD Terra M) targets European defence and government users; such devices would be unexpected on a civilian network. Historically notable: the 2019 Nokia 7 Plus firmware incident, in which an activation client meant for the China market was mistakenly bundled into international firmware and sent unencrypted device identifiers to a China Telecom server — resolved in a February 2019 update and investigated by Finland's data-protection authority; it is historical and resolved, not an adversarial exploit.

IEEE assignment

31 prefixes → "HMD Global Oy", registered Bertel Jungin aukio 9, Espoo, FI 02600 [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L (oui.csv, 31 rows) + maclookup.app (two angles agree on count and registrant)

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); all 31 blocks are MA-L. No MA-M (mam.csv) or MA-S (oui36.csv) entries exist [Confirmed] — IEEE registry files (oui.csv/mam.csv/oui36.csv). NOTE: IEEE's public OUI data publishes NO assignment/registration date; any "date registered" on a third-party tool (e.g. maclookup.app shows "2016-11-26" for BC:02:4A) is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact — though the late-2016 earliest appearance is consistent with HMD's 2016 founding, that correlation validates no specific date.

HQ / country

Bertel Jungin aukio 9, 02600 Espoo, Finland (registry + vendor About page agree) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L / hmd.com/en_int/about

Company status

active; Finnish private company founded 2016 by former Nokia executives; ~500 employees and ~€1.2B revenue reported as of 2022; over 450M devices sold globally [Confirmed] — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global, hmd.com/en_int/about

Device types

consumer/enterprise Android smartphones (Nokia-branded + HMD-branded), feature phones (2G/4G/hybrid), rugged/mission-critical phones (HMD Secure line), tablets; all standard 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi; Qualcomm Snapdragon and Unisoc SoCs [Confirmed] — hmd.com/en_int/smartphones, theregister.com (2025-09-09)

Notable products

Nokia G22 / G60 / C-series / G-series; HMD Luma; HMD Key; HMD Touch 4G; HMD Ivalo XE (HMD Secure, defence-grade 5G, expected Q1 2026); HMD Terra M (enterprise rugged)

Verified prefix sample (all MA-L, HMD Global Oy)

BC:02:4A, 90:A3:65, 04:F1:28, 1C:3B:62, F8:21:11 [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L / maclookup.app

Special note

OUI = BRAND. Nokia-branded phones since 2016 are made by HMD, not by Nokia Corporation (which licenses the brand); HMD-branded devices since 2024. Manufacturing is outsourced to FIH Mobile (Foxconn), so some devices may surface under their chipset/ODM OUI. Modern Android devices use Wi-Fi MAC randomization by default (locally-administered bit set, 2nd hex digit 2/6/A/E), so many HMD/Nokia handsets do NOT resolve to this OUI. IEEE publishes no assignment dates. [Confirmed]

Security context

standard Android with monthly patch cadence; HMD commits to 3 years of security updates and carries Android Enterprise Recommended. 2019 Nokia 7 Plus incident: a China-market activation client was mistakenly included in international firmware and sent unencrypted identifiers (IMEI/serial, SIM number, approximate location) to a vnet.cn / China Telecom server; resolved Feb 2019; Finnish DPA investigated; HMD later migrated non-China data to Google Cloud (Hamina, Finland). Affected the Nokia 7 Plus only (single firmware batch). HMD Secure products add hardware kill-switch, anti-tamper, dual encryption, and secure boot. No active HMD-specific CVEs surfaced this pass (absence of finding, not a clearance). [Confirmed] — digitaltrends.com, phonearena.com, hmd.com/en_int/security-updates

Related vendors

Nokia Corporation (brand licensor); FIH Mobile / Foxconn (manufacturing partner); HMD Secure (wholly-owned subsidiary, defence/gov devices)

Analyst note

An HMD Global OUI on a globally-administered address is almost certainly a Nokia-branded or HMD-branded Android phone or feature phone — treat as BYOD on a corporate network, as a normal handset at home. The 2019 Nokia 7 Plus data-routing incident is historical and resolved but worth noting in a forensic/compliance context if the device is confirmed to be that era's Nokia 7 Plus. HMD Secure devices (Ivalo XE, Terra M) on a civilian network would indicate a defence/critical-infrastructure deployment. Don't rely on OUI alone — randomized Wi-Fi MACs mean many HMD/Nokia devices won't resolve.