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

Alphabet’s Google has agreed to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) penalty for engaging in anti-competitive conduct. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced the settlement, revealing that Google had admitted to striking exclusive, anti-competitive deals with Australia’s two largest telecom operators, Telstra and Optus.