I reset my settings and now it says my phone needs to be activated

I just reset my settings on my iPhone 4s. I then restored everything from iCloud. Now it keeps saying my phone isn't activated. It's been a few hours already. What do I do?

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What carrier are you using?
Is there a sim card in your phone?

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