My iphone keeps searching; recuring problem

I have seen a bunch of threads regarding the iphone5 stuck on searching for network and various fixes but none that matches my case exactly so I am starting this new one.
Ok so I had the searching problem, took the phone back to Apple and they swapped it for another (restored my data from the cloud), then it happend again so I figured it must be a bad sim and got a replacement. Then it didnt happen for a while and then it came back.
I found I can fix the problem by doing an iphone restore from my mac BUT its happening almost once a week now and as well as being inconvinient it means I just cant trust my phone, a big issue as a i run my own business and need to be available for family etc.
I can only think there must be something corrupt in my data profile but im stuck becuase apple dont have answers and my carrier doesnt think its their fault either.
Any ideas?
thanks
Matt

Hi, did you ever solve the problem? Did you get a new phone?
I started having this problem yesterday and am afraid I will be bounced back between Apple and the service provider. The service provider already told me to go see Apple which I will do tomorrow. We'll see if they can find the problem.

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