NCTech Ltd — 2 prefixes (MA-L)

A MAC address starting with 9C:E1:0E or E8:56:D6 belongs to NCTech Ltd, a Scottish manufacturer of 360-degree reality-capture cameras, and is typically found on the company's iSTAR or iris360 panoramic camera hardware rather than on a laptop, phone, or generic IoT device.

NCTech Ltd is headquartered at 20-22 Braid Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, and holds two full MA-L OUI blocks registered under that name and address — not a sub-allocation of a shared IEEE base, so both prefixes point unambiguously to this one company.

The company's product line is well documented: the industrial-grade iSTAR is a calibrated 50MP HDR panoramic camera used for laser-scan colourisation, photogrammetry, and heritage/engineering documentation, while the consumer-facing iris360, launched in 2015, integrated with Google's Street View app.

No published device-fingerprint or network-scan report was found tying either specific prefix to an identified device in the field as of an August 2026 search, so mapping a captured MAC to a particular NCTech model (iSTAR vs. iris360) is Unknown beyond the vendor identification itself.

Vendor

NCTech Ltd (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 9CE10E, the IEEE MA-L registry E856D6

Device class

360-degree panoramic / reality-capture cameras [Confirmed] — https://nctechimaging.com/

Named products

iSTAR (industrial), iris360 (consumer) [Confirmed] — https://www.shop.nctechimaging.com/istar/, https://nctechimaging.com/iris360-captures-businesses-in-360-degrees-for-new-street-view-app/

Prefixes

9C:E1:0E, E8:56:D6 — both full MA-L blocks, same registrant and address [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 9CE10E, the IEEE MA-L registry E856D6

Also seen on

Unknown — no field corroboration located for either exact prefix as of an August 2026 search

IEEE assignment

9C:E1:0E, E8:56:D6 → NCTech Ltd, registered Edinburgh, GB [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 9CE10E, the IEEE MA-L registry E856D6

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI, Individual Address Block); 2 full IEEE prefixes held [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 9CE10E, the IEEE MA-L registry E856D6

HQ / country

20-22 Braid Road, Edinburgh, GB EH10 6AD [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 9CE10E

Company status

active [Confirmed] — https://nctechimaging.com/

Device types

360-degree panoramic camera (iSTAR), consumer 360 camera (iris360) [Confirmed] — https://nctechimaging.com/, https://www.shop.nctechimaging.com/istar/

Notable products

iSTAR (industrial 50MP HDR panoramic camera; laser-scan colourisation, photogrammetry, heritage/engineering documentation), iris360 (consumer 360 camera, integrated with Google Street View app, 2015) [Confirmed] — https://nctechimaging.com/nctech-unveils-istar-pulsar/, https://nctechimaging.com/iris360-captures-businesses-in-360-degrees-for-new-street-view-app/, https://www.photographyblog.com/news/nctech_iris360_panoramic_camera_system

Verified sample prefixes (both MA-L, NCTech Ltd)

9C:E1:0E, E8:56:D6 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry 9CE10E, the IEEE MA-L registry E856D6

Registration date

Unknown — IEEE's public OUI data carries no assignment/registration date column for these rows [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Device-to-prefix corroboration

Unknown — no third-party device-fingerprint or network-scan source ties either specific prefix to an identified device model as of an August 2026 search [Unknown] — (search performed, no result)

Security context

no CVE or advisory found for NCTech Ltd's own products (iSTAR, iris360) as of an August 2026 search; an unrelated, differently-owned "iSTAR" access-control product from Johnson Controls/Sensormatic has separate CVEs and must not be conflated with NCTech's camera [Confirmed] — https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-345-01, https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-192-02

Related vendors

none confirmed

Analyst note

An OUI in 9C:E1:0E or E8:56:D6 reliably identifies NCTech Ltd hardware, since both are full, individually-registered MA-L blocks rather than a shared IEEE base; no field data ties either exact prefix to a specific model, so identification beyond "NCTech-made camera" is Unknown.