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Orbitel 905

Image of a Orbitel  905

Released in 1996

Network = GSM 900MHz

Weight = 245 g

Dimensions = 145mm x 59mm x 18mm

Battery Life = 120 mins talk time and 1500 mins standby

Orbitel Mobile Communications was established in 1987 in Basingstoke, UK, as a joint venture between Plessey Corporation and Racal Telecommunications with each owning a 50% share however, Racal eventually bought out Plessey to fully own the company. Orbitel was setup to manufacture and supply analogue mobile phones to Vodafone (also owned by Racal). However, they became heavily involved in research and development of GSM in their own right leading to the launch of tan independent range of GSM mobiles. In 1991 Racal Telecommunications announced that L M Ericsson was acquiring a 50% share in Orbitel for £45 million. Ericsson subsequently took over the entire company in 1996 resulting in Orbitel becoming Ericsson Mobile Platforms.

The Orbitel 905 was launched in 1996 and was able to both send and receive SMS text messages.

Unfortunately nothing else is known about the features or performance of this mobile.