Exhibit 32.1

VERTEL CORPORATION

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Vertel Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Marc E. Maassen, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)

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

(2)

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


Date: August 13, 2003		/s/ MICHAEL A. STERNBERG

		Michael A. Sternberg President and Chief Executive Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Vertel Corporation and will be retained by Vertel Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or it’s staff upon request.

VERTEL CORP 10-Q