Face time waiting for activation

Dear All,
I have got an iphone as a gift from a friend in Switzerland, I installed my Etisalat sim on it and the phone worked perfectly, facetime was activated immediately, and I could use it with relatives and friends living abroad.
I have upgraded to IOS 4.2.1 then factime disappeared and kept on showing the message “waiting for activation”
I spent the last 2 weeks just going through forums and discussions without finding an answer to this problem, although I did the following:
-Turned face time on and off thousands of times.
-Rebooted the phone many many times.
-Reset all many times.
-Upgraded to 4.3
-Reset from back up
-Reset as new
I believe the one who could solve this would deserve a senior position at apple.
Pleeeeaaaaaase help.
Damon

Sorry, but I can't help. I can only empathize with you that Facetime has some serious functional issues. Mine works off and on, depending on ..... whatever! There's no figuring it out.
Use Skype on the iPhone. It works like a charm, every time. Too bad Apple Facetime can't get it as right as Skype.

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