Trying to activate old sim card need help

i bought another phone today and had an old sim card at home from a 4g phone activated it in the new phone but it wont let me make calls

Try removing and resetting the Sim card again, if the card is good and for an active Verizon account it should work. If the card does not work visit a Verizon Corp Store and get a new card, there is no charge for the card at a VZW Corp store.

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Like I mention, I went to Bell as well Rogers store and tried to insert active SIM card with no results.
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I have just purchased an 8700c from a reputable eBay seller from whom I have previously purchased other items.
The 8700c was advertised as Unlocked without a SIM card.
I have never owned a Blackberry before and am just getting familiar with it.
When I click icon to 'Turn Wireless On' and press the Phone key then at top of screen displays "Searching for Network".
After a minute or so displays "No Service".
I bought the 8700c because one day my previous mobile phone did exactly the same thing.
After an hour on my landline phone with the phone company they assured me the GSM network was functional in my area and suggested my old phone was faulty.
Not knowing if the phone itself had just died or if fault was with the SIM card I took it to the local branch of the telco.
One of the guys there swapped his SIM card into my phone and had same problem - hence phone faulty.
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So I thought I was right in believing the PIN/password was stored on the SIM and not another code, maybe in some EPROM memory in the old phone - I'm not so sure now.
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      IMEI:     { 6 digits .00. 6 digits .5}      i.e 15 digits and 3 periods
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      ID:     {20 digit number}
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click again to see list of items headed Phone Options
click on General Options
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click icon Settings / Options / Network shows
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