Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG — 44 prefixes (MA-L)

Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG is the German legal entity that holds the bulk of the OUI registrations behind today's Nokia Networks — the carrier-infrastructure division of Finland's Nokia Corporation. The "Nokia Solutions and Networks" name itself was short-lived as a brand: the business was Nokia Siemens Networks (a 2007 Nokia–Siemens joint venture) until Nokia bought out Siemens' stake on 7 August 2013, was rebranded Nokia Solutions and Networks that day, and renamed again to Nokia Networks on 29 April 2014. The IEEE registrant name freezes at registration time, which is why the older "Nokia Solutions and Networks" name still appears on the blocks. The registry shows 44 MA-L prefixes spread across three legal entities — the German GmbH & Co. KG (35 prefixes, the primary), a Nokia Solutions and Networks India Private Limited entity (8 prefixes across two Chennai addresses), and a Nokia Solutions (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. block (1 prefix). A MAC bearing one of these prefixes almost always belongs to carrier-grade telecom gear — AirScale/Single-RAN base stations, the 7750/7705/7950 service-router family, 7450 carrier-Ethernet switches, or 1830 optical transport — not consumer or SMB equipment. Seeing one outside an operator/RAN/backhaul context is anomalous and worth a second look.

IEEE assignment

44 MA-L prefixes across three Nokia legal entities; primary registrant "Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG" [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); none in MA-M or MA-S [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, the IEEE MA-M registry, the IEEE MA-S registry

Org name (canonical)

Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Org name variants

also "Nokia Solutions and Networks India Private Limited" and "Nokia Solutions (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd." appear as registrants on the same vendor family [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

HQ / country

Werinherstrasse 91, München, Bavaria, DE D-81541 (German registrant); subsidiary addresses in Chennai, IN and Shanghai, CN. Parent Nokia Corporation is HQ'd in Espoo, Finland [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Networks

Company status

active (Nokia Networks, division of Nokia Corporation) [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Networks

Device types

carrier/telecom-grade infrastructure — AirScale and Single-RAN base stations (eNodeB/gNodeB), 7750 SR / 7705 SAR / 7950 XRS service routers, 7450 ESS carrier Ethernet switches, 1830 PSS optical transport

[Confirmed] — https://www.nokia.com/networks/, https://ipcisco.com/lesson/nokia-routers-and-multi-layer-switches/

Registration date

Unknown — IEEE publishes no registration date for MAC/OUI prefixes; the "2 April 2014" date on maclookup.app is a third-party database artifact, not an IEEE fact [Confirmed null] — the IEEE MA-L registry (no date column)

Verified sample prefixes (all MA-L)

80:AB:4D, AC:8F:A9, 28:74:F5, A4:FC:A1, 00:77:E4 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, https://maclookup.app/vendors/nokia-solutions-and-networks-gmbh-co-kg

Corporate history

Nokia Siemens Networks (formed Apr 2007 from a Jun 2006-announced Nokia–Siemens JV) → Nokia Solutions and Networks (7 Aug 2013, on Nokia's €1.7B buyout of Siemens' stake) → Nokia Networks (29 Apr 2014). Parent Nokia later acquired Alcatel-Lucent in 2015 [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Networks, https://www.rcrwireless.com/20130807/network-infrastructure/nsn-becomes-nokia-solutions-and-networks

Security context

known CVEs are management-plane and require prior access / disabled hardenings (e.g. CVE-2023-25188, CVE-2023-25186 on Single-RAN; CVE-2023-26062 in Web Element Manager before 22 R1) — not internet-facing by design; Nokia runs a PSIRT/NESAS program. As a Finnish/EU vendor, no US FCC/NDAA supply-chain restriction applies [Confirmed] — https://www.nokia.com/about-us/security-and-privacy/product-security-advisory/cve-2023-25186/, https://www.nokia.com/about-us/security-and-privacy/product-security-advisory/cve-2023-26062/

Analyst note

a globally-administered Nokia Solutions and Networks OUI reliably indicates carrier-grade telecom infrastructure; these prefixes are not expected in enterprise LANs or homes, so one appearing in a non-carrier environment warrants investigation [Likely] — https://www.nokia.com/networks/