UPDATE 1-U.S FCC to open up valuable airwaves for tech and telecom companies
April 17, 2015 at 11:50 AM EDT
NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday voted to open a swath of government-controlled airwaves for commercial use by tech and telecom companies such as Verizon Communications Inc and Google Inc as they seek to meet growing data demands from new wireless devices.