Gogo has announced the ongoing development of its next-generation ground-based technology to provide better connectivity for business and commercial aviation passengers in North America.

The airplane internet provider plans to bring faster in-flight connections to major U.S. airlines and business jets. But this will require a new set of equipment on both cellular towers and planes. Gogo plans to mount new antennas and modems onto existing planes, which will speed up in-flight connections to 100Mbps per plane. The company promises to deliver better air-to-ground (ATG) network capacity and performance by 2018, according to Wall Street Journal. 

According to Gogo, its next-gen Internet service will provide Internet with speeds of up to 100 megabits per second to an aircraft. Gogo said that this speed is 10 times faster than the company’s existing system.

Gogo stated that its system would use an unlicensed frequency spectrum, a new antenna, and a proprietary modem, Fortune reported. It will employ LTE 4G technology and company’s existing first-generation North American network and infrastructure of over 250 towers. 

“Leveraging our first-generation network is key to making this next-generation technology network highly reliable and economical to deploy. Gogo’s next-generation network will also be backward-compatible with Gogo’s first-generation network, which means that an aircraft will be able to seamlessly switch between Gogo’s two networks, similar to how a cellphone on the ground connects to the fastest available network,” said Gogo chief technology officer Anand Chari.

Meanwhile, Gogo will unveil its new 4G air-to-ground connectivity service in early 2017. It promises data speeds of up to 9.8 Mbps, which is three times faster, compared to the current Gogo Biz 3G service of up to 3.1 Mbps.

Currently, Gogo serves in-air connections for around 7,000 business and 2,500 commercial aircraft using the system. Its customers include Delta Air Lines, American Airlines Group, and United Continental Holdings.