Panasonic — multiple registrants (MA-L); map legacy "Matsushita" to Panasonic
Summary
- // what this is
- Panasonic is registered to MAC prefix
00:0B:97in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with00:0B:97, that block was registered by Panasonic — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- Map 'Matsushita' OUIs to Panasonic in enrichment. A Matsushita/Panasonic OUI could be a TV, an appliance, or a Toughbook — the latter is a notable enterprise endpoint, so cross-check against managed-asset inventories.
About this vendor.
Panasonic's MAC footprint spans several registrant entities, and the headline normalization fact is the legacy name: many older Panasonic devices carry "Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd." OUIs because the company only renamed to Panasonic Corporation in 2008. The entities include "Panasonic Corporation" (1 block), "Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd." (legacy; sample 00:0B:97), "Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd." (3 blocks), "Panasonic Appliances Company" (4 blocks), and "Matsushita Electronic Components (Europe) GmbH," with registrant addresses in the Osaka / Moriguchi / Kadoma area of Japan. These OUIs appear on Viera TVs, appliances, AV equipment, Toughbook rugged laptops, industrial/avionics, and automotive electronics. Both the "Matsushita" and "Panasonic" names appear in the registry and must be mapped to the same vendor in enrichment. For triage, a Matsushita/Panasonic OUI could be a TV, an appliance, or a Toughbook — and the Toughbook is a notable enterprise/field endpoint, so cross-check against managed-asset inventories.
- IEEE assignment
- multiple registrants — "Panasonic Corporation" (1), "Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd." (legacy), "Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd." (3), "Panasonic Appliances Company" (4), "Matsushita Electronic Components (Europe) GmbH" [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L
- Registry / block size
- MA-L [Confirmed] — maclookup.app (IEEE-sourced)
- HQ / country
- Osaka / Moriguchi / Kadoma area, Japan (e.g., 3-1-1 Yagumo-Naka-Machi, Moriguchi City, Osaka 570-8501 for Matsushita Electric Industrial) [Confirmed] — maclookup.app
- Company status
- active; Matsushita Electric Industrial renamed to Panasonic Corporation in 2008 [Confirmed] — maclookup.app
- Device types
- Viera TVs, appliances, AV equipment, Toughbook rugged laptops, industrial/avionics, automotive electronics [Confirmed] — maclookup.app
- Notable products
- Viera TVs, Toughbook rugged laptops, Lumix cameras, AV receivers
- Verified prefix sample (legacy Matsushita)
- 00:0B:97 (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.) [Confirmed] — maclookup.app
- Special note
- Classic legacy-name flag — many older Panasonic devices carry "Matsushita Electric Industrial" OUIs (renamed to Panasonic in 2008). Both names appear in the registry and must be mapped to the same vendor. Toughbook rugged laptops are a notable enterprise/field asset. The IEEE registry publishes no assignment dates, so none is stated here. [Confirmed]
- Related vendors
- Matsushita (former corporate name); multiple Panasonic operating-company registrants
- Analyst note
- Map "Matsushita" OUIs to Panasonic in enrichment. A Matsushita/Panasonic OUI could be a TV, an appliance, or a Toughbook — the latter is a notable enterprise endpoint, so cross-check against managed-asset inventories.