Iphone 4S no service international travel

Hi,
i bougth a factory unlocked iphone 4S from Apple in Canada.
Got a Bell sim card and activated it in Canada. Works perfectly.
Travelled to Mexico in January, tried to buy a local sim card from one of the country wide network. sim worked fine but could not get network. kept showing "no service" even after shut down and re open.
Now travelling in Africa (Burkina Faso) bougth another sim card for Airtel network, got the same problem. "no network" message.
the iphone seems to be able to read the sim card OK, as under Settings/Phone/SIM aps/ i got all the apps airtel provides with their sim cards.
i put back my Bell sim card and the phone finds the Airtel network fine!
What is wrong with my Iphone 4S?
Please help

You need to call Verizon's global customer service to get your sim card provisioned for use in Europe, or your sim slot unlocked:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/global/support.html

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Ok so i know alot of people have question about international travel weather is USA to Canada, Canada to USA or where ever.
So i just got off the phone with someone from AT&T these are my questions for them. i hope it can help, im confuse myself.
*1. I travel recently travel to canada a few weeks ago, when i cross the boarder i switch the data roaming ON and it picks up Rogers Wireless, a few days ago i try i again it said NO SERVICE is something wrong with my iPad?*
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*2. If i was to buy a sim card from Canada and pop it in to my US ipad well it work?*
Honestly that's something you can try at your own risk, it's design for AT&T so by switching sim cards it may affect your ipad such as running slow, virus, crash. You can try it, i dont work for Rogers so i know nothing about them, i work for AT&T so i can only tell you about our plans and i wont lie to you.(I THINK U JUST DID) This ipad is not unlock just like the iphone so it well only work with AT&T.
*3. If i pop my sim card out and put in an international sim card well it affect my plan at all or in any way?*
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Ok so here's a little more info
I called AT&T again today asking them the same question the guy was more helpful then the one yesterday. Even though he kinda told me the same saying that the ipad need to be unlock. , Afterward he transfer me someone from Apple. The lady told me
1. The ipad is UNLOCK so dont bother trying to get it unlock.
2. she doesnt see why sticking in another sim card from one of the apple ipad carrier is a problem. U would just have to sign up activated it like u would when u first got it.
3. Contact phone company (my case Rogers) to see if they carry the mico sim cards.
4. She doesnt see why it would affect the current plan u have now.
So at the end of all that she told me, seem like AT&T is just telling you, you cant do this or u shouldnt do that is simple THEY WANT YOU TO USE THEIR PLANS.
so with that i said i just want to let everyone know. I'm gonna go pick my Micro sim cards from Canada in a bit and sign up for thier plan we'll keep everyone updated if anything change or how it work

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