US iPad in South Africa drops 3G connection

I recently took ownership of a 32GB 3G iPad and got the micro sim from Vodacom, my cellular service provider, and my 3G works well apart from the 3G connection dropping after a few minutes for no apparent reason. The only way to get it back is to switch off the iPad and turn it back on again. It then works. It's most frustrating.
Can anyone help me?

Hi Priya
I'm loving my new 3G 32GB iPad. I got it from a client of mine who lives in the states. My US iPad works 100% apart from the problem I came across in my post.
I currently have an iPhone data contract from Vodacom and all I did was went to my local Vodashop and bought a micro sim card which cost R99. They added a new data bundle for my iPad to my existing contract and it was very quick and easy to do.
I would recommend getting it from the states because they are currently half the prices from what I saw on wantitall.co.za
My iPad is unlocked. I didn't have to crack it, jail break it or whatever they do nowadays. I took it out of the sealed box and started using it.

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I'm loving my new 3G 32GB iPad. I got it from a client of mine who lives in the states. My US iPad works 100% apart from the problem I came across in my post.
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I'm an iPad user from South Africa why are 99 present of applications not available here if u want to download something it's not available why do apple sell their product in SA if we can't use anything there is no game on FB I can play I'm very upset

Please if u have any answer let me know I'm very disappointed in apple they sell their product world wide but applications are not available
thank u
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This is a user-to-user technical support forum. You're not addressing Apple here. Nor is anyone but spammers likely to respond to you by email.
Yes, you can use your iPad in South Africa. All of the built in apps should work just fine.
If you want to submit feedback directly to Apple, used the Feedback page:
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I have not had this issue outside of my home wifi so I suppose this points to a router issue.
When I read that others have had the same issue I presumed it was a bug.
"Updates" does mean router firmware updates.
I am using WPA2-PSK security but have tried WEP and WPA-PSK setting with the same result.
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