How do I unlink a phone number from iMessaging?

Hi
I've just changed from an iPhone 4 to a Blackberry Z10, and no one with an iPhone can get through via text to my Blackberry. I've rung Orange - nothing they can do. I've rung GeekSquad who insure the phone, also nothing they can do.  I've tried everything I can to unlink to number, but it has no effect.
I have an iPhone 5 also, on another contract and can see its trying to send the message in blue as iMessage, but doesn't then try to send it as an SMS when that fails. 
My Blackberry is my business phone, and often customers text me and many have iPhones - so I'm really in trouble until I can fix this, so any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hi
I've done this on both my old iPhone and my iPad, but it makes no difference other than actually whether the message is received anywhere.  If I untick the old phone number, and try and text my Blackberry from my new iPhone - the message still sends as an iMessage, but is not received by the Blackberry,  If I leave it ticked then I receive the iMessage on my iPad.  I need to unlink the phone number completely so that Apple no longer thinks its an iPhone.
Thanks

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