nFore Technology Co., Ltd. — 5 prefixes (MA-L)
Summary
- // what this is
- nFore Technology is registered to MAC prefix
00:17:53and 4 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:17:53, that block was registered by nFore Technology — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- 5 confirmed MA-L blocks plus corroborated industry presence (Infineon, OmniAir, trade-show exhibitor) support genuine company substance over a bare single-OUI registrant, though the company website itself was not independently confirmed in this pass.
About this vendor.
A MAC address beginning with one of nFore Technology's five registered prefixes — 00:17:53, 38:2A:8B, 50:C3:A2, 6C:28:13, or A4:04:50 — belongs to nFore Technology Co., Ltd., a Taipei-based manufacturer of automotive wireless communication modules. Devices carrying these prefixes are typically in-vehicle Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, BLE, UWB, and C-V2X modules rather than consumer electronics.
nFore is a substantive, operating company rather than a bare single-OUI registrant. It designs modules for cockpit connectivity, ADAS, digital-key, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications, is listed as an Infineon Technologies design partner, and is a member of the OmniAir Consortium, the industry alliance for V2X/DSRC certification. It has also exhibited at the E-Mobility Taiwan trade show.
- IEEE assignment
- 5 MA-L blocks → nFore Technology Co., Ltd., registered Neihu District, Taipei, TW [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry,31528,39414,39415,39416
- Registry / block size
- MA-L (24-bit OUI) x5; no MA-M or MA-S blocks found for this org [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (the IEEE MA-M registry, the IEEE MA-S registry checked, absent)
- HQ / country
- 5F, No. 31, Ln. 258, Ruiguang Rd., Neihu District, Taipei 11491/114, TW (address formatting varies slightly per block in registry data, reported verbatim) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry
- Company status
- active — inferred from current industry activity (Infineon design partner, OmniAir member, recent trade-show exhibitor) [Likely] — https://www.infineon.com/partners/design-partner/nfore-technology, https://omniair.org/nfore-joins-omniair/, https://www.e-mobilityshow.com.tw/en/exhibitor/09DCD793E8D5F11789CC7CCDDACE20F8/info.html
- Device types
- Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, BLE, UWB, mmWave, C-V2X/V2X, and GNSS modules for automotive cockpit, ADAS, digital-key, and V2G applications [Likely] — https://maclookup.app/vendors/nfore-technology-co-ltd
- Notable products
- NF3107 series listed on device.report, but the product page itself could not be fetched (HTTP 403), so its exact function is unverified [Unknown] — https://device.report/nfore-technology/nf3107
- Verified sample prefixes
- 00:17:53, 38:2A:8B, 50:C3:A2, 6C:28:13, A4:04:50 (all MA-L, nFore Technology Co., Ltd.) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, cross-checked against the Wireshark manufacturer database
- Date registered
- Unknown / not published by IEEE for any block; third-party "registered" dates shown by aggregators (e.g. maclookup.app) are database artifacts, not IEEE facts, and are not recorded as such [Confirmed] — https://maclookup.app/vendors/nfore-technology-co-ltd
- Security context
- no CVEs or vulnerability advisories found for nFore or its OUI-tagged devices in this pass [Unknown]
- Related vendors
- none identified [Unknown]
- Analyst note
- multiple (5) MA-L assignments plus corroborated industry presence (Infineon partner, OmniAir member, trade-show exhibitor) support genuine company substance over a bare single-OUI registration [Likely]