Tucows Strengthens Board With Appointment of Allen Karp

18 October 2005

Tucows Inc. (TSX: TC, AMEX: TCX), today
announced that Allen Karp, Q.C. has been appointed to its Board of Directors
and will be a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Karp has a distinguished
background in Canadian business with more than 30 years' experience as a
lawyer and senior executive.
"Mr. Karp's global business acumen and strategic insight are a valuable
addition to the Board as Tucows continues to grow and mature as a public
company," said Elliot Noss, Chief Executive Officer of Tucows. "We look
forward to his guidance and counsel as we continue to execute our strategy to
build upon our position in the wholesale domain market by adding services that
address high growth segments of the Internet."
Mr. Karp joined Cineplex Odeon Corporation in 1986 as Senior Executive
Vice President, became President and C.E.O. in 1990, served as C.E.O. until
2002 and was Chairman until 2004. Prior to joining Cineplex Odeon, Mr. Karp
was a partner in the law firm of Goodman and Carr LLP. Mr. Karp currently
serves as a director for several companies, including IBI Group, Royal Lepage
Franchise Services Fund, Teknion Corporation, Alliance Atlantis Communications
Inc. and is Chair of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.

About Tucows

Tucows Inc. provides Internet services and downloadable software through
a global distribution network of more than 6,000 service providers. These
service providers primarily consist of web hosting companies, Internet service
providers and providers of other services over the Internet. Tucows' services
include domain registrations services, digital certificates, billing,
provisioning and customer care software solutions, email and anti-spam
services, Blogware and website building tools. Tucows is an accredited
registrar with the Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers, or
ICANN, and generates revenue primarily through the provision of domain
registration and other Internet services to service providers who offer such
services to their own customers in a process known as wholesale distribution.
For more information, please visit: www.tucowsinc.com

For further information: Hilda Kelly, Investor Relations, Tucows Inc.,
(416) 538-5493, ir@tucows.com