lte class persists after deepsleep

[kjm]

We like to check there isn't an lte already before we attempt to make one with lte=LTE(). Occasionally this test

if lte: print('lte='+str(lte)+'type'+str(type(lte)))

identifies what it thinks is an lte still in existence after a deepsleep

lte= type=

We're struggling to understand this result. How can there be an lte that has no value or type?