Elma smiled. The “lite” wasn't a limitation. It was a promise kept.
“So are our signal towers,” Jaya said, already walking away.
Elma hesitated. “Lite? Free? That sounds like a forum ghost. Probably unfinished.”
At 2 AM, with rain lashing the generator shed, Elma flashed the Sulteng v1 3.6 Lite onto a backup BTS controller. The console spat out one line: [GSM] Sulteng core: link stable. 0% bloat. Free as it should be.