EXHIBIT 32.1

             CERTIFICATION OF PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                         PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with  the  Quarterly Report of ATSI Communications, Inc. on Form
10-QSB  for the period ending January 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission on the date hereof, I, Arthur L. Smith, President and Chief
Executive  Officer  of  the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C, ss. 1350, as
adopted  pursuant  to  Section  906  of  the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, that,

1)   the  Report complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
     Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934;  and

2)   the  information  in  the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
     the  financial  condition  and  result  of  operations  of  the  Company.

By /s/ Arthur L. Smith
Arthur L. Smith
President and
Chief Executive Officer
March 15, 2005