Exhibit 31.1
                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
           18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PERSUANT TO SECTION 302
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Arthur L. Smith, certify that:

     1.   I  have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on  Form  10-QA  of  ATSI
          Communications,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  Corporation;
     2.   Based  on  my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain any untrue
          statement  of  a  material  fact  or  omit  to  state  a material fact
          necessary  to  make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under  which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the  period  covered  by  this  report;
     3.   Based  on  my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information  included  in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
          material  respects  the financial condition, results of operations and
          cash  flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
          this  report;
     4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying officer and I are responsible for
          establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for the
          registrant  and  have:

               a)   Designed  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                    such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                    our  supervision,  to  ensure  that  material  information
                    relating  to  the  registrant,  including  its  consolidated
                    subsidiaries,  is  made  known  to us by others within those
                    entities,  particularly  during  the  period  in  which this
                    report  is  being  prepared;
               b)   Evaluated  the  effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                    controls  and  procedures  and  presented in this report our
                    conclusions  about  the  effectiveness  of  the  disclosure
                    controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
                    by  this  report  based  on  such  evaluation;  and
               c)   Disclosed  in  this  report  any  change in the registrant's
                    internal controls that occurred during the registrant's most
                    recent  fiscal  quarter  (the  registrant's  fourth  fiscal
                    quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
                    affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
                    registrant's  internal  controls;  and

     5.   The  registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
          on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  controls,  to  the
          registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
          directors  (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent  function):

               (a)  All  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                    design or operation of internal control which are reasonably
                    likely  to  adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability to
                    record,  process,  summarize  and  report  financial;  and
               (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                    or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role in the
                    registrant's  internal  controls.

By /s/ Arthur L. Smith
Arthur L. Smith
Chief Executive Officer
December 31, 2003


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