Akamai Moves Quarterly Investor Conference Call a Day Earlier to Tuesday, January 28, 2003


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Jeff Young
Media Relations
Akamai Technologies
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--or-- J.C. Raby
Investor Relations
Akamai Technologies
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CAMBRIDGE, MA - December 27, 2002 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), a provider of products and services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure, announced today that the company has moved its quarterly conference call for investors a day earlier to Tuesday, January 28, 2003. The call will begin at 4:30 p.m. ET, and will include the company's fourth quarter 2002 and year-end financial results.

Akamai's conference call can be accessed through 1-888-689-4521 (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 1-800-642-1687 (or 1-706-645-9291 for international calls) and using conference ID No. 7300313.

About Akamai
Akamai provides products and services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery between the origin and the destination of any e-business process. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with research and development centers around the world, Akamai's industry-leading products and services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.

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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, unforeseen difficulties in closing accounts for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002 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.