Akamai first-quarter adjusted profit beats Street Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:22pm EDT (Reuters) - Internet content delivery company Akamai Technologies Inc posted a quarterly profit above analysts' estimates helped by soaring demand. For the first quarter, Akamai -- which competes with Level 3 Communications and Limelight Networks -- earned $43 million, or 24 cents per share, compared with $51 million, or 26 cents per share, a year ago. Excluding items, it earned 41 cents per share, above analysts' expectations of 38 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila