A new plan for Iranian radio navigation system has been revealed. The system would use cell towers to pinpoint the user’s location which could help reduce road fatalities.
A few months back, Deputy of Iran Space Agency (ISA) announced that they are planning to fund an Iranian satellite navigation system, which is similar to GPS (Global Positioning System). However, this is a space-based radio navigation system and it needs heavy funding and it would take a long time for this system to be ready.
This is where the new radio navigation system comes in. According to Abolfazl Aboutorabi, the head of Homeland Security Committee of the Parliamentary Council, the design of the national radio navigation system called “Naba” (“نبأ” in Persian), in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense and Iran’s Law Enforcement Force have been started since a year ago.
Source: http://techrasa.com/2017/09/13/iran-launches-local-navigation-system-reduce-countrys-road-accidents/