Ting Promises “Mobile That Makes Sense”

TORONTO, Feb. 2, 2012 – Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a global Internet services company dedicated to making simple useful services that unlock the power of the Internet, today announced the launch of Ting, a mobile phone service dedicated to bringing clarity and control to US mobile phone customers.

Small businesses and families in the US are overpaying for mobile service and underserved by their mobile service providers. With Ting, Tucows seeks to offer a fresh alternative by emphasizing clarity, usability, a sincere commitment to customer support and significant monthly savings.
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TORONTO – January 26, 2012 – Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX), (TSX:TC), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today the final results of its modified “Dutch auction” tender offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 20, 2012. Tucows will purchase 7,570,178 shares of its Common Stock at a purchase price of $0.77 per share, for a total cost of $5,829,037, excluding fees and expenses related to the tender offer. Payment for shares accepted for purchase will be funded from a combination of available cash and two demand loan revolving facilities Tucows currently has with the Bank of Montreal.
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TORONTO – January 23, 2012 – Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX), (TSX:TC), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today the preliminary results of its modified “Dutch auction” tender offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 20, 2012. Tucows expects to purchase up to 7,569,952 shares of its Common Stock at a purchase price of $0.77 per share, for a total of $5,828,863. The 7,569,952 shares expected to be purchased are comprised of the 6,500,000 shares Tucows offered to purchase and 1,069,952 shares to be purchased pursuant to Tucows’ right to purchase up to an additional 2% of the shares outstanding immediately prior to the commencement of the tender offer. Tucows intends to fund the tender through a combination of available cash and two demand loan revolving facilities Tucows currently has with the Bank of Montreal (“BMO”).
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TORONTO, Dec. 15, 2011 – 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 modified “Dutch auction” tender offer to repurchase up to 6,500,000 shares of common stock, representing approximately 12.2% of Tucows’ outstanding shares. The tender offer is expected to commence on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 and to expire, unless extended, at 5:00 P.M., New York City Time, on Thursday, January 19, 2012. Tucows also announced that it has suspended its normal course issuer bid which commenced in November 2011 pursuant to which Tucows has repurchased 23,765 shares of common stock.
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TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2011 – Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase up to $10 million of Tucows common stock. Tucows has also filed a notice of intention with the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) to make a normal course issuer bid through the facilities of the TSX. Tucows will have the option to repurchase its shares of common stock either through the facilities of the TSX or the NYSE AMEX Stock Exchange.

The notice filed with the TSX provides that Tucows may, during the twelve-month period commencing November 15, 2011 and ending November 14, 2012, repurchase up to 3,840,000 shares of its common stock, which amount represents approximately 10% of the public float of Tucows. For purposes of any repurchases made on the TSX, Tucows may only purchase up to a maximum of 1,000 shares in any daily trading session, which number represents 25% of the average daily trading volume on the TSX over the six month period ending October 31, 2011, unless the block purchase exception is relied upon. As of November 9, 2011 there were 53,477,524 common shares outstanding. All shares purchased by Tucows under the normal course issuer bid will be cancelled.

The timing and exact number of common shares purchased will be at Tucows’ discretion and will depend on available cash and market conditions. Tucows may suspend or discontinue the repurchases at any time, including in the event Tucows would be deemed to be making an acquisition of its own shares under Rule 13e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Subject to applicable securities laws and stock exchange rules, all purchases will occur through the open market and may be in large block purchases. Tucows does not intend to purchase its shares from its management team or other insiders.

While Tucows does not intend to purchase its shares from its management team or other insiders, sales by such persons through the facilities of NYSE AMEX or the TSX may occur if the circumstances of any such person or entity change or any such person or entity makes a decision unrelated to these normal course purchases. The benefits to any such person or entity whose shares are purchased would be the same as the benefits available to all other holders whose shares are purchased by Tucows in connection with the normal course issuer bid.

During Tucows’ previous stock buyback program, which ended on September 9, 2010, Tucows repurchased 3,409,300 common shares.

NO STOCK EXCHANGE, SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN.

About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over eleven million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 12,000 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 the timing and total number of shares to be purchased under the proposed buyback program. 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, except to the extent Tucows may be required to update such information under any applicable securities laws, 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
TMX Equicom for Tucows Inc.
(416) 815-0700 ext. 257
lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com

TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2011 /CNW/ – Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a
global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. All figures are in U.S. dollars.

Summary Financial Results

(Numbers in Thousands of US Dollars, Except Per Share Data)

Summary of Revenues and Cost of Revenues

(Numbers in Thousands of US Dollars)

“The momentum of the first half of 2011 continued into the third quarter, which was highlighted by strong growth and solid cash flow from operations, as well as the acquisition of EPAG Domainservices,” said Elliot Noss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucows Inc. “Revenue was up more than 18% year-over-year to a record $25.1 million, with meaningful growth across all key areas of our business. The OpenSRS domain service had another solid quarter with 19% year-over-year growth in registrations and a third consecutive quarter of domain registrations in excess of 2 million. YummyNames and Hover also had strong quarters as we continue to see the positive results of initiatives we have undertaken to grow those businesses. Quarter after quarter, our financial performance underscores the consistency and reliability of our business, combined with our ability to achieve steady growth. We remain well positioned to consistently generate cash flow from operations while introducing new services with minimal impact on operating expenses.”

Net revenue for the third quarter of 2011 increased 18.3% to $25.1 million from $21.2 million for the third quarter of 2010.

Income before provision for income taxes and change in fair value of forward exchange contracts for the third quarter of 2011 increased by $0.5 million, or 47%, to $1.4 million from $966,000 for the third quarter of 2010. Net loss for the third quarter of 2011 was $1.2 million, or $0.02 per share, primarily the result of the impact of the non-cash foreign exchange losses incurred on the fair value of forward exchange contracts. Net income for the third quarter of 2010 was $1.1 million, or $0.02 per share.

Deferred revenue at the end of the third quarter of 2011 was $68.9 million, an increase of 10.6% from $62.3 million at the end of the third quarter of 2010 and an increase of 3.1% from $66.8 million at the end of the second quarter of 2011.

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the third quarter of 2011 were $4.7 million compared with $5.4 million at the end of the third quarter of 2010 and $4.3 million at the end of the second quarter of 2011. Operating cash flow for the third quarter of 2011 was $1.6 million and the Company borrowed $2.5 million under its amended credit facility with Bank of Montreal to fund the acquisition of EPAG Domainservices GMBH (“EPAG”) in July 2011. In August 2011, the Company repaid $1.0 million of the EPAG loan and during the quarter repaid $320,000 of its previous outstanding balance on its credit facility. In addition, the company invested $139,000 in acquiring property and equipment. As of September 30, 2011, the Company had an amount payable of $1.6 million under its amended credit facility.

Conference Call

Tucows management will host a conference call today, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the Company’s third quarter 2011 results. Participants can access the conference call via the Internet at www.tucowsinc.com/investors.

For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056 and enter the pass code 22092643 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to http://tucowsinc.com/investors.

About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over eleven million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 12,000 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 Downloads. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com.

This release includes forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, this release includes forward looking statements regarding our expectations as to our financial results, our future growth and our ability to generate cash and return capital to shareholders. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that 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 should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Tucows as of the date they are made. Tucows assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.

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

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

For further information:

Lawrence Chamberlain
TMX Equicom for Tucows Inc.
(416) 815-0700 ext. 257
lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com

TORONTO, October 27, 2011– Tucows Inc. (TSX: TC, AMEX: TCX) plans to report its third quarter fiscal 2011 financial results via news release on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 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.

For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056 and enter the pass code 22092643 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to http://tucowsinc.com/investors.

About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over eleven million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 12,000 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 Downloads. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com.

Contact:
Lawrence Chamberlain
TMX Equicom
(416) 815-0700 ext. 257
lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com

Scottsdale, AZ – September 28, 2011 – SiteLock LLC a global leader in website security solutions for online businesses announced today a new partnership with Tucows Inc., (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services. This partnership will enable Tucows Inc. to extend SiteLock’s security services to its hosting customers at reduced rates, further expanding the range of value added services Tucows provides clients.
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TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2011 /CNW/ – Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. All figures are in U.S. dollars.

Summary Financial Results

(Numbers in Thousands of US Dollars, Except Per Share Data)

Summary of Revenues and Cost of Revenues

(Numbers in Thousands of US Dollars)

“Our financial results are once again demonstrative of the consistency and reliability in our business, within the context of growth,” said Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows. “Revenue grew by almost 11% year-over-year to a record $23 million and we again generated solid cash flow from operations. The OpenSRS Domain Service was especially
strong with year-over-year growth in transaction volumes of 15% to more than 2 million registrations, the second consecutive quarter we have exceeded this threshold. At the same time, our ability to improve operating efficiencies has enabled us to mitigate the unfavorable impact of the stronger Canadian dollar. With what we believe is the
best distribution channel in the Internet economy, we remain well positioned to consistently generate cash flow from operations while launching new services with minimal impact on operating expenses.”

Net revenue for the second quarter of 2011 increased 10.6% to $23.0 million from $20.8 million for the second quarter of 2010.

Net income for the second quarter of 2011 was $0.6 million, or $0.01 per share, compared with a loss of $0.8 million, or $0.01 per share, for the second quarter of 2010. As a result of a significant proportion of the Company’s expenses being incurred in Canadian dollars, net income was dampened by the strength of the Canadian dollar, which was on average 6% higher relative to U.S. dollar in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the second quarter of 2010. The Company has been able to mitigate some of the impact of the stronger Canadian dollar through its currency hedging strategy, as well as improved operating efficiencies.

Deferred revenue at the end of the second quarter of 2011 was $66.8 million, an increase of 11.3% from $60.0 million at the end of the second quarter of 2010 and an increase of 3.0% from $64.9 million at the end of the first quarter of 2011.

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the second quarter of 2011 were $4.3 million compared with $4.1 million at the end of the second quarter of 2010 and $4.2 million at the end of first quarter of 2011. Cash flow from operating activities of $0.8 million in the second quarter of 2011 was partially offset by the use of $0.5 million for repayment of the Company’s bank loan and $0.2 million for investment in equipment.

Subsequent to the end of the quarter, Tucows announced that it had acquired all the shares of EPAG Domainservices GmbH from QSC AG for approximately US$2.5 Million (€1.5 Million to purchase the shares and the settlement of a working capital adjustment of €0.25 Million) through an all-cash transaction. EPAG, based in Bonn, Germany, is an ICANN-accredited registrar with over 400,000 domains under management and is notable for offering over 200 Top Level Domains (TLDs). Tucows plans to continue serving EPAG customers and resellers via existing EPAG tools and will also integrate EPAG’s domain services into its own OpenSRS wholesale domain registration service. This acquisition further strengthens OpenSRS’ position as a leader in wholesale domain registration and extends its commitment to providing broad TLD coverage to its resellers. With this acquisition OpenSRS will now manage over 11.5 million domain names and by the end of the year OpenSRS resellers will have access to over 200 TLDs.

Conference Call

Tucows management will host a conference call today, Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss it’s the Company’s second quarter 2011 results. Participants can access the conference call via the Internet at http://tucowsinc.com/investors.

For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056 and enter the pass code 87493993 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to http://tucowsinc.com/investors.

About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over eleven million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 12,000 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 Downloads. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com.

This release includes forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, this release includes forward looking statements regarding our expectations as to our financial results, our future growth and our ability to generate cash and return capital to shareholders. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that 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 should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Tucows as of the date they are made. Tucows assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.

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

Lawrence Chamberlain
TMX Equicom for Tucows Inc.
(416) 815-0700 ext. 257
lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com

Alliance enables Parallels customers to easily resell domain registration and SSL certificates from Tucows’ OpenSRS wholesale Internet division

SAN DIEGO – August 9, 2011 – Parallels®, the hosting and Cloud services enablement leader, today announced an alliance with Tucows Inc., whose wholesale Internet services group OpenSRS will offer domain names and SSL certificates to end-users through direct integration with Parallels Business Automation, Parallels Business Automation Standard and Parallels Plesk Panel billing platforms. The alliance will result in more ways for Parallels users and OpenSRS resellers to help small and medium business (SMB) customers quickly arm themselves with the web services and tools they need to effectively compete and grow. Parallels and Tucows/OpenSRS made the announcement here at HostingCon 2011, the premier conference and trade show for the hosted services industry, which attracts industry professionals from over 30 countries.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Parallels to integrate domain name management and SSL certificates through OpenSRS, directly into Parallels’ platforms,” said Dave Woroch, EVP Sales, Tucows. “This new partnership between Parallels and OpenSRS will provide an even greater opportunity to enable an ever-expanding base of Parallels customers in the hosting industry to offer OpenSRS services.”

“Parallels is excited to augment our ecosystem of partners with an industry leader such as Tucows,” said Bryan Goode, VP and GM of Marketplace, Parallels. “The ability to register OpenSRS domains and offer SSL certificates directly from the Parallels platform is another great feature that bolsters our service providers’ ability to profitably sell and deliver services to SMBs.”

About Tucows

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over eleven million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 12,000 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 Downloads. More information can be found at http://tucows.com.

About Parallels

Parallels is a worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement and desktop virtualization. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 800 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. You can follow updates at www.parallels.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ParallelsPanel and www.twitter.com/ParallelsCloud.

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Media contacts:
Parallels at HostingCon San Diego, Booth #411:
Rich Teplitsky, Sr. Director, Parallels Service Provider Public Relations, richt@parallels.com, 210.296.1775

OpenSRS at HostingCon San Diego, Booth #439
Le Quan Truong, Director, Marketing
ltruong@tucows.com, 416.575.9382