Improves Protections for Domain Holders and Includes a Two Cent ICANN Fee Reduction to be Passed Along to Resellers

TORONTO, June 30 - Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today announced that it has signed the revised Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with ICANN at the organization’s 35th International Meeting in Sydney, Australia. The new agreement takes effect July 1, 2009.

Customers of OpenSRS, the wholesale Reseller services division of Tucows Inc., will immediately see a reduction in the ICANN Fee associated with Global Top-level Domain registrations purchased through the OpenSRS platform. That fee will drop to $0.18 cents effective July 1, 2009.

“We’re pleased to be amongst the first group of Registrars to sign the new RAA,” said Adam Eisner, Director, Domain Services, Tucows. “This revised agreement reinforces the commitment Tucows, the greater registrar community and ICANN all have to the protection of individual domain holders.”

The revised RAA contains new regulations to safeguard the rights of domain name holders who purchase names through resellers of domain names, including new measures designed to ensure that Registrant data protected by WHOIS privacy services is properly escrowed.

About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over 8 million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 9,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover is the easiest way for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. YummyNames owns premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale. Butterscotch.com is an online video network building on the foundation of Tucows.com. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com.

For further information: Lawrence Chamberlain, The Equicom Group for Tucows Inc., (416) 815-0700 ext. 257, lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com

TORONTO – June 24, 2009 – Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today that it has reduced the amount of Common Stock that it is offering to repurchase under the modified Dutch auction tender that commenced on May 26, 2009 to 1,000,000 shares, representing 1.5% of the Company’s outstanding shares, from 4,000,000. The Company has also extended the term of the tender offer to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 9, 2009. The offer was previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 23, 2009.

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Tucows’ CEO Elliot Noss explains the initiative proposed by David Isenberg to focus the upcoming National Broadband Plan on “faster, more affordable, more ubiquitous, more reliable connections to the Internet.”

As a signatory to the initiative, Noss believes it’s essential not to confuse “broadband” with access to the Internet. It needs to be spelled out explicitly to make sure that the plan meets the needs of ordinary citizens.

More information here: http://www.itstheinternetstupid.com/

Each year, the Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation puts on the Inside Ride, a fun event to raise funds for children living with cancer. Tucows was proud to participate again this year, and our parking lot was filled with people as ten teams competed against each other on stationary bikes. Prior to the event, each team raised pledges and then this past Friday, six riders from each team faced off against each other to see who could ride the farthest in a series of ten-minute sprints.

Tucows teams included people from Hover, Butterscotch, and various departments within the company. It was a great way to burn some calories on a beautiful sunny day while contributing to a worthy cause. When it was all over, we’d raised $25,000 for the charity. Thanks to all of our donors and we hope to surpass that total next year!

You can read more (and see some video and photos) at the OpenSRS blog, the Hover blog, and at Butterscotch.com.

TORONTO – May 26, 2009 - Tucows Inc. (NYSE Amex:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today that it is commencing a modified “Dutch auction” tender offer to repurchase up to 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, representing approximately 5.8% of the Tucows’ outstanding shares. The closing price of Tucows’ common stock on the NYSE Amex on May 22, 2009 was $0.38 per share.

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Eight-Year High in New Registrations Contributes to Strong Growth in Revenue and Profitability

TORONTO, May 13, 2009 - Tucows Inc., (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2009 ended March 31, 2009. All figures are in U.S. dollars.

“During the first quarter of 2009, we saw continued strength in domain registrations through our OpenSRS wholesale services business, marked by the highest number of new registrations since the second quarter of 2000 and strong year-over-year growth in renewal transactions,” said Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows. “In our YummyNames branded domain portfolio business, we completed a $1 million bulk domain name sale and executed an arrangement with the buyer committing them to ongoing domain purchases over the next 12 to 18 months. The contributions from these businesses in the first quarter resulted in strong revenue growth, profitability and solid cash flow from operations.”

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TORONTO, May 13 - Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today that it intends to commence a second modified “Dutch auction” tender offer to repurchase up to 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, representing approximately 5.8% of the Tucows’ outstanding shares. The tender offer is expected to commence on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 and to expire, unless extended, at 5:00 P.M., New York City Time, on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

Under the tender offer, shareholders will have the opportunity to tender some or all of their shares at a price within an expected range of $0.36 to $0.45 per share, which price range may be modified by Tucows prior to the commencement of the offer. Based on the number of shares tendered and the prices specified by the tendering shareholders, Tucows will determine the lowest per share price within the range that will enable it to buy 4,000,000 shares, or such lesser number of shares that are properly tendered. If shareholders of more than 4,000,000 shares properly tender their shares at or below the determined price per share, Tucows will purchase shares tendered by such shareholders, at the determined price per share, on a pro rata basis. Additionally, if more than 4,000,000 shares are properly tendered, the number of shares to be repurchased by Tucows pursuant to the tender offer may, at the discretion of Tucows, be increased by up to 2% of Tucows’ outstanding shares, or approximately 1,378,000 shares, without amending or extending the tender offer.

Shareholders whose shares are purchased in the offer will be paid the determined purchase price per share net in cash, without interest, after the expiration of the offer period. The offer is not contingent upon any minimum number of shares being tendered. The offer is subject to a number of other terms and conditions specified in the offer to purchase that is being distributed to shareholders.

The information agent for the offer will be StockTrans, Inc. None of Tucows, its board of directors or the information agent is or will be making any recommendation to stockholders as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering their shares into the tender offer. Shareholders must decide how many shares they will tender, if any, and the price within the stated range at which they will offer their shares for purchase by Tucows.

This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Tucows’ common stock. The offer will be made solely by the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal.

Stockholders and investors should read carefully the offer to purchase and related materials when they are available because they contain important information.

Stockholders and investors may obtain a free copy (when available) of the offer to purchase and other documents that will be filed by Tucows with the SEC at the SEC’s web site (www.sec.gov) or from StockTrans, Inc., the information agent for the tender offer, by directing such request to: StockTrans, Inc., Attn: Re-Organization Dept., 44 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003, telephone (800) 733-1121. Stockholders are urged to carefully read these materials prior to making any decision with respect to the offer.

About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over 8 million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 9,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover is the easiest way for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. YummyNames owns premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale. Butterscotch.com is an online video network building on the foundation of Tucows.com. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com.

This news release contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements related to such matters as our business, including statements regarding the expected time of commencement of the tender offer and the planned source of funds to purchase shares tendered in the tender offer. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Information about potential factors that could affect Tucows’ business, results of operations and financial condition is included in the Risk Factors sections of Tucows’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to Tucows as of the date of this document, and Tucows assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

TUCOWS is a registered trademark of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

For further information: Lawrence Chamberlain, The Equicom Group for Tucows Inc., (416) 815-0700 ext. 257, lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com

TORONTO, May 13 - Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today announced that Rawleigh H. Ralls has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company.

“We are pleased to welcome Rawleigh to the Tucows Board,” said Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows. “Mr. Ralls brings a wealth of industry experience gained through his leadership of Netidentity.com, as well as the perspective gained through two decades of investing and portfolio management experience. I look forward to his contribution to the Board as we focus on growing the Company and realizing value for our shareholders.”

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TORONTO, April 29, 2009– Tucows Inc. (TSX: TC, AMEX: TCX) plans to report its first quarter fiscal 2009 financial results via news release on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at approximately 4:00 p.m. (ET). Tucows management will host a conference call the same day at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the results and the outlook for the company.

Participants can access the conference call via the Internet at http://tucowsinc.com/investors.

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I have been watching the discussion on URL shortening that followed the funding of bit.ly with great interest and some surprise. Josh Schachter started it off. Dave Winer, Cory Doctorow and Howard Lindzon, among others, followed. The points raised are indeed interesting, but what is so surprising to me is that the answer to all of the concerns is not only so simple, but right in front of their noses.

First, some background. URL shortening has been around for years. It long preceded TinyURL and has always been good business. We got into the business in 1997 with Domain Direct, a service that dealt with what we called at that time the “~ problem.” This was the long and embarrassing URL that came along with the free webspace most ISPs provided at the time. It also dealt with the long and embarrassing URLs that came with free websites from the likes of Tripod and Angelfire.

TinyURL and the like came along years later with the purpose of making the sharing of temporary URLs (blog posts and news items mostly) much easier, but they are not as effective as a domain name for permanent URLs, like http://noss.org/work. The experience with Domain Direct and a love of URL shortening was what drove our thinking in coming up with Hover.

URL forwarding services have three goals. They should be easy to use, should make long, complicated URLs short, and the resulting URLs should be memorable. Easy is a function of the tools (and I do think our tools at Hover are the easiest available). Short and memorable are a function of the semantics.

When looking at “short” we should be clear that it is only in Twitter, and then again only in the rare Twitter post, that “hyper-short” matters.

It is with “memorable” that the difference really emerges. So let me be clear. The best “URL-shortening service” is simply a combination of great tools and your own domain name. The difference in using http://noss.org/bitly and http://is.gd/pind is huge in terms of “memorable.” Not only is the shortened URL easier to remember; it becomes a bit of personal branding (I hate using the word “branding” in this context but I do not have a better alternative. The whole concept of earned media is definitely relevant here), especially when the shortened URL is shared forward by a third party!

Of course, using your own domain to create forwards also addresses all of the concerns of control, archiving, spamminess and other evils that were raised in the original posts and elsewhere. I have now had this conversation with three hardcore geeks and when I say “Look, the answer is simple. Just use your own domain and CNAMEs!” they just stare at me and say “Oh yeah. I never thought of that.”!