Google agrees $36m fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos | Science and Technology News

The company agrees it acted against rules by making two telcos pre-install its search application on Android phones.

Google has agreed to pay 55 million Australian dollars ($ 35.8m) in fines after the country’s consumer watchdog found it harmed competition by paying the country’s two largest telecommunications companies to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines.

The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,…