MELBOURNE, Austalia (AP) — Google has agreed to pay a 55 million Australian dollar ($36 million) fine for signing anticompetitive deals with Australia’s two largest telcos that banned the installation of competing search engines on some smartphones, the U.S. tech giant and Australia’s competition watchdog said.

On Monday, Google said it would pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) penalty in Australia. The national consumer regulator found that the company undermined

Google agrees to change business practices as the regulator says deals with Telstra and Optus restricted consumer choice.