Iphone 4 "Waiting For Activation" problem

I have an iphone 4 and my facetime and imessage are saying "waiting for activation". I have tried turning off the wi-fi, turning off facetime, turning off caller ID, restarting the phone and then turning everything back on. Doesn't work! Help!

sumankumar wrote:
I bought this iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 yesterday from Australia and the first thing I wanted to try was Facetime but it seems like there is a problem. I tried to do everything mentioned in different forums to activate it but the problem is still there. When I turn on Facetime from settings>phone, it says "Waiting for Activation". I'm currently in Nepal using NepalTelecom 3G SIM. Is there a solution from Apple?
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