Attiny85 as gsm controller

Hi all

I've recently managed (as i am new to micro-controllers) to upload a sketch to an attiny85 using the arduino uno XD. The sketch is supposed to send an AT command to a cellphone. I was able to get the software serial up and running and tested it on the serial monitor, however the phone will not respond to the signal. please can someone assist with this. The baud rate is at 4800 and the phone is set to that rate as well. The phone responded to commands sent from the serial monitor as well as the same sketch when adapted for the uno (all at 4800 baud). I have reversed the tx rx connections with no luck.

Thanks so much

Jared