IPhone not activating after restore, iTunes saying no SIM installed.

I just had to restore an iPhone 3GS and put in a new SIM card (same carrier; Orange), now whenever I try to activate the phone it says the activation server is temporarily unavailable, whereas iTunes says 'There is no SIM card installed in the phone you are attempting to activate'.
Is there a fix to this problem? I tried restoring again but I've had no luck with it.

i am having the same thing when you go though the setup up on my sons verzion iphone 4 and it says your iphone could not be actvated because the actvation sever is temporarily unavailable i dont think its apples fault i think its because all the carier are working on there 4 networks i blame verzion apple shoud make its own carier

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Ridicuously, the moment I finished basic setup on the newly restored phone, the same NO SIM CARD INSTALLED message poped up.
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