Vaz hovanessian biography

For the Hakims, the telephony bundling business has been a family affair.

Dotted through the telecommunications, marketing and finance companies involved in these deals are a range of Tony Hakim's relatives by blood or marriage.

Tony Hakim pioneered the telephony bundling business model at National Telecoms Group (NTG).

His brother, Mick or Bechara Hakim, was a senior manager at the company.

Among the directors was George Tawaf, an old friend of Tony's who was to become his brother-in-law.

NTG became a broken business in 2003 after key banks withdrew lines of credit.

George Tawaf became a director of a series of telecommunications service and marketing companies that were spun out of its carcass as part of a corporate restructure - including Axis Telecoms, Link Solutions and Queensland Communications Company.

Mick Hakim was a director of Axis Telecoms, of TPT Queensland, and owned the bundled telephony marketing compan