Ipad 2 could not activate cellular data network

i am a new apple user - my ipad is 2 days old and i could still not get to work with it. it keeps on telling me "could not activate cellular data network"
how on earth can i fix it?  please help me.

Do you have the 3G (Verizon or AT&T) model iPad 2? If not, you can't use cellular data. You may only have the WiFi model.
You can download a complete iPad 2 User Guide here: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/ipad_user_guide.pdf
 Cheers, Tom

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