3GS Carrier Issue

Hi all, our chairman has an issue with his 3GS. When he goes abroad it doesn't automatically select a carrier for him. He has to manually go in to the settings and search for one.
I've never seen this before. Does anyone have a solution?!

I've been having echo problems every since I got my new iPhone 4S.  My problem is different though.  I have not heard an echo of my voice ever...but the people I am talking to on the other end are getting an echo of their voice.  This only happens to them when they talk to me with my new phone and it's many different people.  It doesn't seem to matter if I'm talking to them on their land line or a mobile line.
I had Apple swap the phone for a new one two weeks ago and I am still having the same problem...if in so fact that they actually swapped the phone.  They said they did.
Today I went back to Apple and they wiped the phone clean and reinstalled the software, thinking that maybe it's a software problem.  Still didn't fix the problem.  I might be super unlucky and received two faulty phones, if so Apple has a big problem on their hands.
Adjusting the volume on my phone while in a conversation doesn't really seem to help much.  Also, it doesn't happen on every call or the entire time I'm in the call.  Usually starts up about a minute or two into the conversation.
HELP!

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