Internet services and telecommunications company based in Toronto

Tucows

Tucows

Tucows Inc. is an American-Canadian <a href="/en/Public_company" title="Public company" class="wl">publicly traded</a> Internet services and telecommunications company headquartered in <a href="/en/Toronto" title="Toronto" class="wl">Toronto, Ontario</a>, <a href="/en/Canada" title="Canada" class="wl">Canada</a>, and incorporated in <a href="/en/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania" class="wl">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a>.<a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a> The company is composed of three independent businesses: Tucows Domains, <a href="/en/Ting_Inc." title="Ting Inc." class="wl">Ting Internet</a>, and Wavelo.<a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;">[4]</a>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn">Quick facts: Type of site, Traded&nbsp;as, Founded, Headqu... ▼</header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Tucows Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/en/File:Tucows_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Tucows_logo.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Tucows_logo.svg/220px-Tucows_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="75" data-file-type="drawing" height="46" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Tucows_logo.svg/330px-Tucows_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Tucows_logo.svg/440px-Tucows_logo.svg.png 2x" alt="Tucows_logo.svg"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Public_company" title="Public company" class="wl">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol" class="wl">Traded&nbsp;as</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Nasdaq" title="Nasdaq" class="wl">Nasdaq</a>:&nbsp;<a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/tcx" class="external text" target="_blank">TCX</a></li><li><a href="/en/Toronto_Stock_Exchange" title="Toronto Stock Exchange" class="wl">TSX</a>:&nbsp;<a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/TC" class="external text" target="_blank">TC</a></li><li><a href="/en/Russell_2000_Index" title="Russell 2000 Index" class="wl">Russell 2000 Component</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1993; 30&nbsp;years ago&nbsp;(1993) in <a href="/en/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan" class="wl">Flint</a>, <a href="/en/Michigan" title="Michigan" class="wl">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/en/Toronto" title="Toronto" class="wl">Toronto, Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key&nbsp;people</th><td class="infobox-data">Elliot Noss (CEO) Dave Singh (CFO) Bret Fausett (chief legal officer) Justin Reilly (CEO, Wavelo) David Woroch (CEO, Tucows Domains) Robin Chase (chairman) Scott Swedorski (founder) </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Internet" title="Internet" class="wl">Internet</a> services <a href="/en/MVNO" title="MVNO" class="mw-redirect wl">mobile telecommunications</a> <a href="/en/Telecommunications_billing" title="Telecommunications billing" class="wl">telecom billing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Product_(business)" title="Product (business)" class="wl">Products</a></th><td class="infobox-data">OpenSRS <a href="/en/Hover_(domain_registrar)" title="Hover (domain registrar)" class="wl">Hover</a> <a href="/en/Enom" title="Enom" class="wl">Enom</a> Ascio</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Service_(economics)" title="Service (economics)" class="wl">Services</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Domain_name_registration" title="Domain name registration" class="mw-redirect wl">domain name registration</a> <a href="/en/E-mail" title="E-mail" class="mw-redirect wl">email hostings</a> <a href="/en/SSL_Certificates" title="SSL Certificates" class="mw-redirect wl">SSL Certificates</a> <a href="/en/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider" class="wl">Internet service provider</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Revenue" title="Revenue" class="wl">Revenue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img loading="lazy"alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" data-file-type="drawing" height="11" width="11" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x"> <a href="/en/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar" class="wl">US$</a>329 million (2017)<a href="#cite_note-tucows.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Net_income" title="Net income" class="wl">Net income</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img loading="lazy"alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" data-file-type="drawing" height="11" width="11" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x"> US$22 million <a href="/en/USD" title="USD" class="mw-redirect wl">USD</a> (2017)<a href="#cite_note-tucows.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">~1000<a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)" class="wl">Divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Ting_Inc." title="Ting Inc." class="wl">Ting Internet</a> <a href="/en/Ting_Mobile" title="Ting Mobile" class="wl">Ting Mobile</a> (acquired by <a href="/en/Dish_Network" title="Dish Network" class="wl">Dish</a>) Tucows Domains Wavelo </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://tucows.com/" class="external text" target="_blank">tucows.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'>Close ▲</footer></div>

Originally founded in 1993 as a <a href="/en/Shareware" title="Shareware" class="wl">shareware</a> and <a href="/en/Freeware" title="Freeware" class="wl">freeware</a> software download site, Tucows shuttered its downloads business in 2021. Tucows Domains is the second-largest <a href="/en/Domain_registrars" title="Domain registrars" class="mw-redirect wl">domain registrar</a> worldwide and operates OpenSRS, Ascio, and <a href="/en/Hover_(domain_registrar)" title="Hover (domain registrar)" class="wl">Hover</a>.

In 2012, Tucows launched <a href="/en/Ting_Mobile" title="Ting Mobile" class="wl">Ting Mobile</a>, a <a href="/en/Mobile_virtual_network_operator" title="Mobile virtual network operator" class="wl">wireless service provider</a> and used the same brand to launch its <a href="/en/Fiber_to_the_x" title="Fiber to the x" class="wl">fiber</a> <a href="/en/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider" class="wl">Internet provider</a> business. <a href="/en/Ting_Inc." title="Ting Inc." class="wl">Ting Internet</a> in 2015. In 2020, Tucows sold its wireless business to <a href="/en/Dish_Network" title="Dish Network" class="wl">Dish Network</a>,<a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a> while they continued to operate Ting Internet.<a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;">[6]</a> The billing platform Tucows built for Ting Mobile was <a href="/en/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off" class="wl">spun off</a> into an independent <a href="/en/OSS/BSS" title="OSS/BSS" class="wl">OSS/BSS</a> SaaS business, Wavelo.<a href="#cite_note-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;">[7]</a>

The company was formed in <a href="/en/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan" class="wl">Flint</a>, <a href="/en/Michigan" title="Michigan" class="wl">Michigan</a>, <a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a>, in 1993. The Tucows logo was two <a href="/en/Cattle" title="Cattle" class="wl">cow</a> heads, a play on the <a href="/en/Homophone" title="Homophone" class="wl">homophone</a> "two cows".

Tucows Inc. is an American-Canadian publicly traded Internet services and telecommunications company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and incorporated in Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1993 as a shareware and freeware software download site, Tucows shuttered its downloads business in 2021. Tucows Domains is the second-largest domain registrar worldwide and operates OpenSRS, Ascio, and Hover. In 2012, Tucows launched Ting Mobile, a wireless service provider and used the same brand to launch its fiber Internet provider business. Ting Internet in 2015. In 2020, Tucows sold its wireless business to Dish Network, 