Qiku Internet Network Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd: vendor identified; device type unknown

A MAC address beginning 04:50:DA or 74:AC:5F matches an IEEE MA-L assignment to Qiku Internet Network Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. The available evidence does not identify a device category for either exact prefix. A match establishes the registry assignment, not a particular product, operating system, current legal identity, or security state. [https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv]

A Qualcomm announcement describes QiKu as a joint venture between Qihu and Coolpad and says the company offered smartphones, the 360 Operating System, and connected devices. It also reports a license for specified 3G and 4G subscriber units for use in China. These company-level details do not map any product or device category to the listed prefixes. [https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2015/Qualcomm-and-QiKu-Sign-3G4G-Chinese-Patent-License-Agreement-12-28-2015/default.aspx]

Each assignment is a 24-bit prefix, leaving 24 bits for possible suffix values: 16,777,216 per prefix. This is a mathematical address-space size, not a count of devices or shipments. The first byte of each prefix has Group bit 0 and Local bit 0. RFC 7042 explains these bits: the assignment fixes them for an exact literal prefix match; changing either bit produces a different prefix. [https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7042.txt]

Matching prefixes

04:50:DA and 74:AC:5F (MA-L, 24 bits each). [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Device category

Unknown for these exact prefixes. [Unknown]

Company

Qiku Internet Network Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd [Confirmed] — https://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui/oui.csv

Country

China [Confirmed] — https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2015/Qualcomm-and-QiKu-Sign-3G4G-Chinese-Patent-License-Agreement-12-28-2015/default.aspx

Industry

Internet company and emerging Internet smart-device company in China, as described in Qualcomm’s December 28, 2015 announcement [Historical] — https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2015/Qualcomm-and-QiKu-Sign-3G4G-Chinese-Patent-License-Agreement-12-28-2015/default.aspx

Notable products

Smartphones; 360 Operating System; connected devices, as listed in Qualcomm’s December 28, 2015 announcement [Historical] — https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2015/Qualcomm-and-QiKu-Sign-3G4G-Chinese-Patent-License-Agreement-12-28-2015/default.aspx

Related vendors

Qihu; Coolpad (described as QiKu’s joint-venture partners in Qualcomm’s December 28, 2015 announcement) [Historical] — https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2015/Qualcomm-and-QiKu-Sign-3G4G-Chinese-Patent-License-Agreement-12-28-2015/default.aspx

Device types for these exact prefixes

Unknown [Unknown]