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-Q  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 15, 2003


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