Orange first entered the phone scene on 28th April 1994 and had a goal to change the way we communicate with one another. Orange continue work on this aim by putting their customers first and making things easy for them to understand and offering them groundbreaking services and products. Providing services to 5 continents and a total of over 175 million customers, this is truly a remarkable company.

Orange have options to either pay monthly or pay as you go; these pay plans are easy to use and each is represented by a different animal, depending on what the plan offers. There are 3 types of pay monthly plans, with several options for different included benefits and time periods.

There are five different pay as you go plans which offer more benefits the more the user tops up each month. These plans are: Monkey – for free music and texts (PAYG only); Dolphin – unlimited free texts (both Pay monthly and PAYG), Canary – free calls to any network (PAYG only), Racoon 15p calls to any network (PAYG only) best for calls to landline phones (Pay Monthly), Camel calls abroad from 5p (PAYG only), Panther – best for email and talk (Pay Monthly only).

The best selling phones which Orange promote are the Sony Ericsson W995 in black which boasts an 8.1-megapixel camera, walkman and 3G; the Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition in black which features an 8-megapixel camera, auto-focus and 3G and finally, the Nokia 6303 featuring a 3.2-megapixel camera, EDGE and GPRS.