Invalid SIM card on iPhone 3GS

I live in south america btw. I updated the phone to iOS 5.0.1 and it didn't function correctly so I even had to fix it and now it just tells me at the activation step that the SIM card is not valid. Help ?

where is your phone from?  was it originally sold as officially unlocked?
sounds like you're using a hacked phone, and by updating it, it has relocked to the original carrier.

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