The business outlook of the US mobile phone technology and services supplier Qualcomm indicates a recovery in the recently slack smartphone market. Qualcomm on Thursday forecast a turnover of between $8.9 billion and $9.7 billion dollars for the current quarter as it released its first quarter results. This is in line with analysts’ expectations, who had anticipated an average of $9.36 billion. Qualcomm supplies 5G modems for connecting to the mobile network in Apple’s iPhone, as well as the processors in many smartphones with Google’s Android system. The decline in smartphone sales in recent …