IPhone shows 'No Service' other cell 'phones work perfectly

Just the past few days, my iPhone has taken to saying that there is 'No Service'. I know it is not true - just now, for example, it says 'No Service' but somebody a metre away is having a chat on a cell 'phone.
I've tried going to airport mode, then back again, so it searches for a service - this fixed the problem a couple of days ago, but not now - it says 'Searching...' then goes to 'No Service'.
I tried turning it off and turning it on again, but that didn't do anything.
Is there anything I can run to test the receiving hardware/software? Any suggestions on what I should do next??

I've found the problem. For some reason the iPhone decided to switch to another service provider. I've put it back to the right one and it's fine.
Now, why would it change that??

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