Over $1 million in ‘free money’ to be shared with resellers in 2008

TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2007 - Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a leading provider of Internet services to web hosting companies and ISPs worldwide, today officially launched its domain parking programs that will share over $1 million in revenues with Tucows resellers over the next 12 months. The two programs, Parked Pages Program and Expired Domains Program, offer additional sources of revenue to resellers, including a slice of the growing domain name re-sale market through a share of Tucows Premium Domains service sales revenues.
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TORONTO, October 31, 2007 – Tucows Inc. (TSX: TC, AMEX: TCX) plans to report its third quarter fiscal 2007 financial results via news release on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at approximately 4:00 p.m. (ET). Company 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://about.tucows.com/investors.

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Sweetman Will Drive Company’s Domain Portfolio Initiatives

TORONTO August 16, 2007 - Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a leading provider of Internet services to web hosting companies and ISPs worldwide, today announced the appointment of Internet veteran Bill Sweetman to General Manager of its large domain name portfolio. In this new role, Sweetman will be dedicated to continually enhancing the quality and profitability of Tucows’s domain name portfolio and related programs.

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Quarter Highlighted by Record Revenue, Record Adjusted Net Income and Continued Strong Cash Flow Generation

TORONTO – August 7, 2007– Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a leading provider of Internet services to web hosting companies, ISPs and other service providers worldwide, today reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2007, ended June 30, 2007. All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

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New Cost Structure Transparency and Free Domain Services

TORONTO, August 7, 2007 - Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) announced today that, effective immediately, it has reduced its list price for wholesale domain name registrations. Additionally, the cost breakdown of a domain name is now transparent to customers, revealing Registry and ICANN fees as well as the Tucows management fee. This new pricing structure will provide increased visibility for wholesale domain customers ahead of the announced October 2007 Registry domain name price increases.

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Major Overhaul Puts Finding Solutions, Community and Search Front and Center

TORONTO – July 31, Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) announced today that Tucows.com, one of the most popular software download sites in the world, has been redesigned to enhance overall user experience.

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Major Overhaul Puts Finding Solutions, Community and Search Front and Center

• The site has been redesigned to enhance overall user experience making it easier to find information about how to do things, software and services to help them do it, and community information to help them make decisions.
• Since 1993 Tucows.com has been a popular directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available to download.
• Solutions to common problems are front-and-center on the homepage and profiled throughout the site.

• New and enhanced community tools include user ratings (thumb’s up/thumb’s down), rankings for Solutions (on the Tucows 5-cow rating system), and user comments on Software and Solutions. Users will also be able to prepare and submit their own Solutions.
• The Tucows software directory includes over 40,000 listings and has been improved and streamlined. Categories are: Audio and Video, Business, Design Tools, Desktop Enhancements, Development and Web Authoring, Games, Home and Education, IS/IT, and Internet. These categories are sorted into PC, Mac, Linux, Web and PDA platforms.
• Tucows has content distribution arrangements with AOL, Microsoft’s Window’s Marketplace and others.
• Since its inception, Tucows has been committed to providing a quality experience for Internet users, each title in the Tucows software directory is checked for spyware, malware and viruses.
• Software developers have new opportunities to advertise and sponsor placements on the site to maximize their opportunities to reach the Tucows global user base. Tucows continues to support software authors of all sizes with its self-service author resource center. http://author.tucows.com

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Elliot Noss, President and CEO, Tucows Inc.:

“Tucows has always been about helping people use the Internet better. Broadening our focus from software downloads to Internet solutions will keep true to that spirit and by providing access to resources and the invaluable input of other users in the community we will help people make better decisions in a complex environment.”

“Over the thirteen year history of the site, we’ve responded to a number of changes in the way people use the Internet. By incorporating more community, search and social features in redesigning the site we’re confident that we’ve made the site more useful for everyone.”

Greg Weir, Director, Content Services, Tucows:

“This redesign reflects changes in how people search for answers online. We’ve optimized the site to deliver a high-quality experience for users typing a common challenge, for example “How do I remove spyware?” into a Search Engine.”

“We’ve completely overhauled our extensive editorial content. By providing Solutions to challenges and encouraging the community to contribute comments, rankings, reviews and their own Solutions, we’re creating a tremendous resource to help people get things done on the Internet and with technology.”

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Tucows Inc. is the largest Internet services provider for hosting companies and ISPs. Through our network of over 7,000 service providers around the world we provide millions of email boxes and manage over seven million domains. Tucows is an accredited registrar with ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Tucows remains one of the most popular software download sites on the Internet. For more information please visit: http://about.tucows.com.

Contact:

Leona Hobbs
Director of Communication
Tucows
(416) 538-5450
lhobbs@tucows.com
http://about.tucows.com

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TORONTO, July 30, 2007 – Tucows Inc. (TSX: TC, AMEX: TCX) plans to report its second quarter fiscal 2007 financial results via news release on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at approximately 7:00 a.m. (ET). Company management will host a conference call the same day at 8:30 a.m. (ET) to discuss the results and the outlook for the company.

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Q. Who is IYD?
A. ItsYourDomain is a privately held, top-25, profitable ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain services through an affiliate network.

Q. How does the IYD system work?
A. IYD uses a model that provides a “reseller in a box” or ready-made storefront solution to its network of affiliates around the world. The company has traditionally catered to the small to mid-sized reseller as opposed to larger hosting companies and Internet Service Providers.

Q. Why is Tucows buying IYD?
A. Tucows is always looking for ways to build and increase relationships with service providers. This transaction brings Tucows a wealth of those customer relationships.

Q. How will Tucows benefit from this transaction?
A. Tucows expects to add approximately US$7 million in yearly revenue and between US$1 and $2 million in adjusted net income in the first 12 months.

Q. Will Tucows begin offer any of IYD’s services to its wholesale customers?
A. Tucows will evaluate the services and technology currently used by IYD and is always looking for ways to enhance the services we offer our customers.

Q. When was the IYD acquisition completed?
A. The IYD acquisition was completed on July 27, 2007.

Q. What are the financial implications of the transaction for Tucows?
A. Tucows will pay US$10.35 million for IYD with the opportunity for IYD to realize an additional US$1.05 million based on specific targets being met.

Q. Is this a change in Tucows’ business strategy?
A. No. The addition of IYD fits within the current Tucows strategy of offering a full range of competitive wholesale domain registration and email services to its customers.

Q. Will Tucows add any employees or facilities as a result of this transaction?
A. No. Current key IYD staff will remain available to Tucows throughout a transition period, but no current IYD employees will be joining Tucows.

Q. Is Tucows planning any additional acquisitions?
A. Tucows is always looking for opportunities, especially those that can expand the number of its customer relationships.

Adds Thousands of Wholesale Customers and Over 700,000 Domains Under Management

TORONTO, July 27 /CNW/ - Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) announced today that it has acquired ItsYourDomain.com (IYD), a privately held, profitable ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain services through a worldwide wholesale network of over 2,500 affiliates.

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