Akamai to Hold Quarterly Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, October 16th at 4:30 PM ET


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Jeff Young
Media Relations
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
(617) 444 - 3913
jyoung@akamai.com
--or-- J.C. Raby
Investor Relations
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
(617) 444 - 2555
jraby@akamai.com


CAMBRIDGE, MA - October 3, 2002 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the leading provider of edge computing solutions, delivering secure content and distributed applications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets, announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, October 16th at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's third quarter 2002 financial results.

Akamai's conference call can be accessed through 888-689-4521 (or 1+ 706-645-9202 for international calls). A live Webcast of the call can be accessed at www.akamai.com. In addition, a replay of the call will be available for one week following the conference through the Akamai Website or by calling 800-642-1687 (or 1+ 706-645-9291 for international calls) and using conference ID No. 5764046.

About Akamai
Akamai is the leading provider of edge computing solutions, delivering secure content and distributed applications across the Internet, intranets, and extranets. These solutions enable customers to achieve optimal results from their e-business initiatives, thereby reducing the cost of ownership, improving return on investment, and creating new revenue streams. Akamai's globally distributed edge computing platform comprises more than 12,900 servers in more than 1,000 networks in 66 countries, ensuring the highest levels of availability, reliability, and performance. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai provides services and world-class customer care to hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and leading e-businesses worldwide. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.

Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, any material, unexpected increases in Akamai's use of funds, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service and technology products, lack of market acceptance of new services, including EdgeSuite, a failure by us to successfully enter into any license, technology development or other technology partnership agreement within the time periods expected by us or at all, a failure of Akamai's network infrastructure, and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.