IPhone 3GS OFFICIALLY UNLOCKED - but Activated fail - HELP!!

Hello - I recently had my iPhone 3GS Officially unlocked by following the AT&T Unlock Program.
The iPhone was previously running iOS 4.1 (8B117). After I did the restore to iOS 6.0.1 using iTunes. iTunes displays a message, saying its unable to complete the activation at this time. So i gave it a few hours and tried again, but I still get the same error message.
Can anyone please help me, fix this?
P.S: I am trying to use a AIRTEL (India) SIM in the phone.

Was it hacked or jailbroken BEFORE you requested a legitimate unlock from AT&T?
If so, the hack has rendered it unable to process the legitimate unlock.

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It sounds like you cannot activate your iPhone 3GS after restoring it. I found an article that has steps for troubleshooting an activation issue on an iPhone.
iPhone: Troubleshooting activation issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3424
I have included the steps from that article here:
Restart the iPhone.
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Try connecting to Wi-Fi if you're unable to activate using a cellular data connection.
Try connecting to iTunes if you're unable to activate using Wi-Fi.
Restore the iPhone.
If you receive an alert message when you attempt to activate your iPhone, try to place the iPhone in recovery mode and perform a restore. If you're still unable to complete the setup assistant due to an activation error, contact Apple for assistance.
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