Globalstar expects to increase the speed of data transfer with the help of his group of second-generation spacecraft is about 25 times. However, to achieve such a speed the company would need to upgrade their ground stations, for this purpose the company has planned to sign a $ 140 million. the contract with Hughes. At the same time, 85 percent of the funds have already been found, the President said the satellite operator. The new system will be fully backward compatible with the existing grouping and is expected to be commissioned in the end of next year. At the same time, end-user data transfer rate will increase from 9.6 kbit / sec. up to 256 kbit / sec. In addition, the company Hughes will develop for compatible grouping of devices new microchip that will be installed on end user devices.